Simulation of differential die-away instrument’s response to asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel
Abstract
Here, previous simulation studies of Differential Die–Away (DDA) instrument’s response to active interrogation of spent nuclear fuel from a pressurized water reactor (PWR) yielded promising results in terms of its capability to accurately measure or estimate basic spent fuel assembly (SFA) characteristics, such as multiplication, initial enrichment (IE) and burn-up (BU) as well as the total plutonium content. These studies were however performed only for a subset of idealized SFAs with a symmetric BU with respect to its longitudinal axis. Therefore, to complement the previous results, additional simulations have been performed of the DDA instrument’s response to interrogation of asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel in order to determine whether detailed assay of SFAs from all 4 sides will be necessary in real life applications or whether a cost and time saving single sided assay could be used to achieve results of similar quality as previously reported in case of symmetrically burned SFAs.
- Authors:
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- Uppsala Univ., Uppsala (Sweden); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Uppsala Univ., Uppsala (Sweden)
- Uppsala Univ., Uppsala (Sweden); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, Stockholm (Sweden)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1289709
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1701793
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-21574
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; PII: S0168900215002685
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 788; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; differential die-away; spent nuclear fuel; asymmetric burn-up
Citation Formats
Martinik, Tomas, Henzl, Vladimir, Grape, Sophie, Svard, Staffan Jacobsson, Jansson, Peter, Swinhoe, Martyn T., and Tobin, Stephen J. Simulation of differential die-away instrument’s response to asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.058.
Martinik, Tomas, Henzl, Vladimir, Grape, Sophie, Svard, Staffan Jacobsson, Jansson, Peter, Swinhoe, Martyn T., & Tobin, Stephen J. Simulation of differential die-away instrument’s response to asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.058
Martinik, Tomas, Henzl, Vladimir, Grape, Sophie, Svard, Staffan Jacobsson, Jansson, Peter, Swinhoe, Martyn T., and Tobin, Stephen J. Wed .
"Simulation of differential die-away instrument’s response to asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.058. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1289709.
@article{osti_1289709,
title = {Simulation of differential die-away instrument’s response to asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel},
author = {Martinik, Tomas and Henzl, Vladimir and Grape, Sophie and Svard, Staffan Jacobsson and Jansson, Peter and Swinhoe, Martyn T. and Tobin, Stephen J.},
abstractNote = {Here, previous simulation studies of Differential Die–Away (DDA) instrument’s response to active interrogation of spent nuclear fuel from a pressurized water reactor (PWR) yielded promising results in terms of its capability to accurately measure or estimate basic spent fuel assembly (SFA) characteristics, such as multiplication, initial enrichment (IE) and burn-up (BU) as well as the total plutonium content. These studies were however performed only for a subset of idealized SFAs with a symmetric BU with respect to its longitudinal axis. Therefore, to complement the previous results, additional simulations have been performed of the DDA instrument’s response to interrogation of asymmetrically burned spent nuclear fuel in order to determine whether detailed assay of SFAs from all 4 sides will be necessary in real life applications or whether a cost and time saving single sided assay could be used to achieve results of similar quality as previously reported in case of symmetrically burned SFAs.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.058},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 788,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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