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Determination of th...
Determination of the subcriticality level using the Cf-252 source-detector method
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- Baeten, P. (author)
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN)
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- Lafuente, A. (author)
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,Technical University of Madrid
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- Janssens, J. (author)
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN)
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- Kochetkov, A. (author)
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN)
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- Pazsit, Imre, 1948 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Van Grieken, G. (author)
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN)
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- Van den Eynde, G. (author)
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN)
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- Elsevier BV, 2010
- 2010
- English.
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In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0306-4549 .- 1873-2100. ; 37:5, s. 740-752
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- Measurement and monitoring of reactivity in a subcritical state, e.g. during the loading of a power reactor, has a clear safety relevance. The methods currently available for the measurement of k(eff) in stationary subcritical conditions should be improved as they refer to the critical state. This is also very important in the framework of ADS (accelerator driven systems) where the measurement of a subcritical level without knowledge of the critical state is looked for. An alternative way to achieve this is by mean of the Cf-252 source-detector method. The method makes use of three detectors inserted in the reactor: two "ordinary" neutron detectors and one Cf-252 source-detector which contains a small amount of Cf-252 that introduces neutrons in the system through spontaneous fission. By observing fissions through the detection system and correlating the signals of the three detectors, the reactivity rho (and hence the multiplication factor k) can be determined. Before the actual measurements took place, a suitable data acquisition system was realized in order to process the signals and compute the auto and cross power spectral densities. The measurements were then performed in the VENUS reactor, using the Cf-252 source-detector and two BF3 neutron detectors. The multiplication factor was determined using the Cf source method and compared with measurements using other methods and with computational results (Monte Carlo simulations). The Cf method was benchmarked at a UOX core to other experimental methods that used the critical state as reference and to calculations. Afterwards, the Cf source technique was analyzed in a MOX core to study the possible impact of a significant intrinsic source on the results. This benchmarking gives the possibility to validate the Cf method as a reliable technique for the measurement of subcritical levels in steady state and for cores with an intrinsic source like MOX or burnt fuel cores. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- ADS
- MYRRHA
- TIME
- SYSTEMS
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