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Measurement of the {sup 240}Pu concentration of a plutonium sample by the spontaneous fission method (1960); Mesure de la teneur d'un plutonium en {sup 240}Pu par la methode des fissions spontanees (1960)

Abstract

It is very important to know the plutonium-240 content of the plutonium formed in piles. The method of measurement described here consists in counting the number of spontaneous fissions produced in a known quantity of plutonium. This measurement is carried out in a multiple-plate ionisation chamber, the plutonium being deposited on the plates. The disintegration constant of plutonium-240 by spontaneous fission being known the plutonium-240 content in the sample can be calculated. (author) [French] La connaissance de la teneur en plutonium-240 du plutonium forme dans les piles est une question importante. La methode de mesure presentee ici consiste a compter le nombre de fissions spontanees issues d'une quantite connue de plutonium. Cette mesure est effectuee dans une chambre d'ionisation a plateaux multiples sur lesquels est depose le plutonium. La connaissance de la constante de desintegration du plutonium-240 par fissions spontanees permet de calculer la teneur en plutonium-240. (auteur)
Authors:
Caizergues, R; Clouet d'Orval, C [1] 
  1. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Saclay (France).Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1960
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
CEA-R-1527
Resource Relation:
Other Information: 17 refs
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ACCURACY; ALPHA DOSIMETRY; BUILDUP; CALIBRATION; COUNTING RATES; DELAY CIRCUITS; ELECTROPLATING; FISSION PRODUCTS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ISOTOPE RATIO; MEASURING METHODS; PLUTONIUM 240; PREAMPLIFIERS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE DISCRIMINATORS; PULSE TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SPENT FUELS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION
OSTI ID:
20951819
Research Organizations:
CEA Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: FR07R1527102045
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
64 pages
Announcement Date:
Dec 27, 2007

Citation Formats

Caizergues, R, and Clouet d'Orval, C. Measurement of the {sup 240}Pu concentration of a plutonium sample by the spontaneous fission method (1960); Mesure de la teneur d'un plutonium en {sup 240}Pu par la methode des fissions spontanees (1960). France: N. p., 1960. Web.
Caizergues, R, & Clouet d'Orval, C. Measurement of the {sup 240}Pu concentration of a plutonium sample by the spontaneous fission method (1960); Mesure de la teneur d'un plutonium en {sup 240}Pu par la methode des fissions spontanees (1960). France.
Caizergues, R, and Clouet d'Orval, C. 1960. "Measurement of the {sup 240}Pu concentration of a plutonium sample by the spontaneous fission method (1960); Mesure de la teneur d'un plutonium en {sup 240}Pu par la methode des fissions spontanees (1960)." France.
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title = {Measurement of the {sup 240}Pu concentration of a plutonium sample by the spontaneous fission method (1960); Mesure de la teneur d'un plutonium en {sup 240}Pu par la methode des fissions spontanees (1960)}
author = {Caizergues, R, and Clouet d'Orval, C}
abstractNote = {It is very important to know the plutonium-240 content of the plutonium formed in piles. The method of measurement described here consists in counting the number of spontaneous fissions produced in a known quantity of plutonium. This measurement is carried out in a multiple-plate ionisation chamber, the plutonium being deposited on the plates. The disintegration constant of plutonium-240 by spontaneous fission being known the plutonium-240 content in the sample can be calculated. (author) [French] La connaissance de la teneur en plutonium-240 du plutonium forme dans les piles est une question importante. La methode de mesure presentee ici consiste a compter le nombre de fissions spontanees issues d'une quantite connue de plutonium. Cette mesure est effectuee dans une chambre d'ionisation a plateaux multiples sur lesquels est depose le plutonium. La connaissance de la constante de desintegration du plutonium-240 par fissions spontanees permet de calculer la teneur en plutonium-240. (auteur)}
place = {France}
year = {1960}
month = {Jul}
}