Validation of 134Cs, 137Cs and 154Eu single ratios as burnup monitors for ultra-high burnup UO2 fuel

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Caruso, S ^a,b   Murphy, M ^a   Jatuff, F ^a   Chawla, R ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BURNT FUEL ROD SEGMENTS; BURNUP MONITORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; SINGLE-RATIO BURNUP INDICATORS;

CESIUM;

EID: 33846897969     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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