Title: Neutron radiography at the Hot Fuel Examination Facility
Abstract: A neutron radiography facility (NRAD) was recently installed in the Argonne National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility. The NRAD is designed specifically for neutron radiography of irradiated reactor fuels and structural components that are being inspected in the hot cell. The source for NRAD is a 250-kW TRIGA-type nuclear reactor. The NRAD facility became operational in March 1978, and since that time over 1600 irradiated specimens have been neutron radiographed. Internal features such as fuel pellet cracking and separation, isotopic distribution, and evidence of fuel melting and redistribution are identified and evaluated from the neutron radiographs.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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