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Feasibility of neutron coincidence counting for spent TRISO fuel

Fang et al., 2023

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15746044091632378209
Author
Fang M
Di Fulvio A
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Publication venue
Annals of Nuclear Energy

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High-temperature gas reactors rely on TRIstructural-ISOtropic (TRISO) fuel for enhanced fission product retention. Accurate fuel characterization would improve monitoring of efficient fuel usage and accountability. We developed a new neutron multiplicity counter (NMC) …
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    • G21C3/326—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements comprising fuel elements of different composition; comprising, in addition to the fuel elements, other pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped elements, e.g. control rods, grid support rods, fertile rods, poison rods or dummy rods
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    • G01T1/161—Application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
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