Freshly induced short-lived gamma-ray activity as a measure of fission rates in lightly re-irradiated spent fuel

Krohnert, H.Perret, G.Murphy, M. F.Chawla, R.2011-12-162011-12-162011-12-16201010.1016/j.nima.2010.09.033https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/74937WOS:000284303600013A new measurement technique has been developed to determine fission rates in burnt fuel following re-irradiation in a zero-power research reactor The development has been made in the frame of the LIFE@PROTEUS program at the Paul Scherrer Institute which aims at characterizing the interfaces between fresh and highly burnt fuel assemblies in modern LWRsLight water reactor fuelSpent fuelFission ratesGamma ray spectrometryShort lived fission productsMcnpxFreshly induced short-lived gamma-ray activity as a measure of fission rates in lightly re-irradiated spent fueltext::journal::journal article::research article