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Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets

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Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets. / Parker, Andrew; Zabalza, Jaime; Bandala Sanchez, Manuel et al.
2022. Abstract from 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Milan, Italy.

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Parker, A, Zabalza, J, Bandala Sanchez, M, Ma, X, Taylor, J, Murray, P, Marshall, S & Joyce, M 2022, 'Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets', 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Milan, Italy, 5/11/22 - 12/11/22.

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Parker, A., Zabalza, J., Bandala Sanchez, M., Ma, X., Taylor, J., Murray, P., Marshall, S., & Joyce, M. (2022). Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets. Abstract from 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Milan, Italy.

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Parker A, Zabalza J, Bandala Sanchez M, Ma X, Taylor J, Murray P et al.. Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets. 2022. Abstract from 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Milan, Italy.

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Parker, Andrew ; Zabalza, Jaime ; Bandala Sanchez, Manuel et al. / Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets. Abstract from 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Milan, Italy.

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title = "Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets",
abstract = "The measurement of uranium dioxide (UO2) enrichment in simulated pressurized water reactor fuel pellets has been performed using the infinite thickness technique. The use of this technique is well established on large volumes of uranium compounds, however new advanced reactor fuels require the enrichment assessment of individual UO2 fuel pellets. Monte Carlo GEANT4 simulations and experimental measurements were performed to collect energy and count data for sintered UO2 sim fuel pellet slices. Results indicate that the infinite thickness technique can be used on individual fuel pellets for determination of enrichment, by confirming the infinite thickness of sintered UO2 (4.9 mm), and that the count rate form the characteristic 185.6 keV 235U photopeak increases linearly with fuel pellet enrichment. Working is ongoing to refine the simulated datasets and improve experimental measurements.",
author = "Andrew Parker and Jaime Zabalza and {Bandala Sanchez}, Manuel and Xiandong Ma and James Taylor and Paul Murray and Stephen Marshall and Malcolm Joyce",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
day = "7",
language = "English",
note = "2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium ; Conference date: 05-11-2022 Through 12-11-2022",

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T1 - Passive, non-destructive enrichment measurement of sintered UO2 pellets

AU - Parker, Andrew

AU - Zabalza, Jaime

AU - Bandala Sanchez, Manuel

AU - Ma, Xiandong

AU - Taylor, James

AU - Murray, Paul

AU - Marshall, Stephen

AU - Joyce, Malcolm

PY - 2022/11/7

Y1 - 2022/11/7

N2 - The measurement of uranium dioxide (UO2) enrichment in simulated pressurized water reactor fuel pellets has been performed using the infinite thickness technique. The use of this technique is well established on large volumes of uranium compounds, however new advanced reactor fuels require the enrichment assessment of individual UO2 fuel pellets. Monte Carlo GEANT4 simulations and experimental measurements were performed to collect energy and count data for sintered UO2 sim fuel pellet slices. Results indicate that the infinite thickness technique can be used on individual fuel pellets for determination of enrichment, by confirming the infinite thickness of sintered UO2 (4.9 mm), and that the count rate form the characteristic 185.6 keV 235U photopeak increases linearly with fuel pellet enrichment. Working is ongoing to refine the simulated datasets and improve experimental measurements.

AB - The measurement of uranium dioxide (UO2) enrichment in simulated pressurized water reactor fuel pellets has been performed using the infinite thickness technique. The use of this technique is well established on large volumes of uranium compounds, however new advanced reactor fuels require the enrichment assessment of individual UO2 fuel pellets. Monte Carlo GEANT4 simulations and experimental measurements were performed to collect energy and count data for sintered UO2 sim fuel pellet slices. Results indicate that the infinite thickness technique can be used on individual fuel pellets for determination of enrichment, by confirming the infinite thickness of sintered UO2 (4.9 mm), and that the count rate form the characteristic 185.6 keV 235U photopeak increases linearly with fuel pellet enrichment. Working is ongoing to refine the simulated datasets and improve experimental measurements.

M3 - Abstract

T2 - 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium

Y2 - 5 November 2022 through 12 November 2022

ER -