Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel
The safeguards verification of spent nuclear fuel is one of the major concern for the safeguards community, as this material represents about 80% of all material placed under safeguards.This PhD thesis described the development of two passive non-destructive assay (NDA) techniques: the Self-Indicati...
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ndltd-ulb.ac.be-oai-dipot.ulb.ac.be-2013-2382022018-04-11T17:38:13Z info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:ulb-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:ulb-repo/semantics/openurl/vlink-dissertation Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel Rossa, Riccardo Labeau, Pierre-Etienne Pauly, Nicolas Capel, Pierre Dubus, Alain Borella, Alessandro Schillebeeckx, Peter Peerani, Paolo Universite Libre de Bruxelles Université libre de Bruxelles, Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles – Physicien, Bruxelles 2016-09-30 en The safeguards verification of spent nuclear fuel is one of the major concern for the safeguards community, as this material represents about 80% of all material placed under safeguards.This PhD thesis described the development of two passive non-destructive assay (NDA) techniques: the Self-Indication Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) and the Partial Defect Tester (PDET).The NDA methods were investigated with Monte Carlo simulations and the benchmark experiments for SINRD were performed at the GELINA facility of JRC-IRMM in Geel, Belgium.The results for the SINRD technique showed promising results for the direct quantification of 239Pu in spent fuel, and both techniques gave encouraging results for the detection of partial defects. Sciences de l'ingénieur Génie nucléaire nuclear safeguards SINRD PDET non-destructive assay spent fuel Monte Carlo Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/238202 No full-text files |
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The safeguards verification of spent nuclear fuel is one of the major concern for the safeguards community, as this material represents about 80% of all material placed under safeguards.This PhD thesis described the development of two passive non-destructive assay (NDA) techniques: the Self-Indication Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) and the Partial Defect Tester (PDET).The NDA methods were investigated with Monte Carlo simulations and the benchmark experiments for SINRD were performed at the GELINA facility of JRC-IRMM in Geel, Belgium.The results for the SINRD technique showed promising results for the direct quantification of 239Pu in spent fuel, and both techniques gave encouraging results for the detection of partial defects. === Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie === info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished |
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Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel |
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Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel |
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Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel |
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Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel |
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Advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel |
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advanced non-destructive methods for criticality safety and safeguards of used nuclear fuel |
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
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