Data from calorimetric decay heat measurements of five used PWR 17x17 nuclear fuel assemblies

• Raw data from calorimetric measurements of five nuclear fuel assemblies of the PWR 17x17 type are provided. Measurements of the temperature both inside a calorimeter, in which the fuel assembly was placed, as well as outside, were performed as a function of time while water circulating inside the calorimeter heats up from radiation emitted in the radioactive decay of material in the fuel assembly. The data contain also measurements of dose rate in the water outside the calorimeter. Data from 38 measurements using an electrically heated model of a fuel assembly are also provided to be used for, e.g.¸ calibration.The data can be used for validation of computer codes used for modelling of nuclear systems used for, e.g. nuclear reactors, storage and transport of nuclear fuel or systems for geological disposal.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Subatomär fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Subatomic Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Spent nuclear fuel

decay heat

calorimetry

calorimetric measurement

Fysik med inriktning mot tillämpad kärnfysik

Physics with specialization in Applied Nuclear Physics

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)