A mass spectrometry method for quantitative and kinetic analysis of gas release from nuclear materials and its application to helium desorption from UO 2 and fission gas release from irradiated fuel

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 700-711

  Colle, Jean Yves ^a   Maugeri, Emilio A ^a,b   Thiriet, Catherine ^a,c   Talip, Zeynep ^a   Capone, Franco ^a   Hiernaut, Jean Pol ^a   Konings, Rudy J M ^a   Wiss, Thierry ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

fission gas release; mass spectrometry; nuclear fuels; post irradiation examination; thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SAMPLING; FISSION GAS RELEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSTIRRADIATION EXAMINATION; PURIFICATION SYSTEMS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

FISSION PRODUCTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUELS; THERMAL DESORPTION;

INERT GASES;

EID: 84897772857     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2014.889583     Document Type: Article

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