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GB2435785B - Method and device for determining the combustion rate of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly and use thereof - Google Patents

Method and device for determining the combustion rate of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly and use thereof

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GB2435785B
GB2435785B GB0712295A GB0712295A GB2435785B GB 2435785 B GB2435785 B GB 2435785B GB 0712295 A GB0712295 A GB 0712295A GB 0712295 A GB0712295 A GB 0712295A GB 2435785 B GB2435785 B GB 2435785B
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Prior art keywords
determining
nuclear reactor
fuel assembly
combustion rate
reactor fuel
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GB0712295D0 (en
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Jacques Guyot
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Areva NP SAS
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Areva NP SAS
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/06—Devices or arrangements for monitoring or testing fuel or fuel elements outside the reactor core, e.g. for burn-up, for contamination
    • G21C17/063—Burn-up control
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
GB0712295A 2004-12-28 2005-12-15 Method and device for determining the combustion rate of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly and use thereof Expired - Fee Related GB2435785B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR0413991A FR2880179B1 (en) 2004-12-28 2004-12-28 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE COMBUSTION RATE OF A FUEL ASSEMBLY OF THE HEART OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR AND USE
PCT/FR2005/003158 WO2006070091A1 (en) 2004-12-28 2005-12-15 Method and device for determining the combustion rate of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly and use thereof

Publications (3)

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GB0712295D0 GB0712295D0 (en) 2007-08-01
GB2435785A GB2435785A (en) 2007-09-05
GB2435785B true GB2435785B (en) 2008-03-19

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GB (1) GB2435785B (en)
WO (1) WO2006070091A1 (en)

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CN115295189B (en) * 2022-08-15 2025-05-02 清华大学 Burnup measurement calibration positioner for pebble bed high temperature reactor
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US3717765A (en) * 1970-04-04 1973-02-20 Siemens Ag Device for non-destructive consumption testing of reactor fuel elements
EP0280925A1 (en) * 1987-02-25 1988-09-07 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Method and apparatus for passively gamma scanning a nuclear fuel rod
JPH03238399A (en) * 1990-02-15 1991-10-24 Toshiba Corp Method for measuring burnup of nuclear fuel
FR2752639A1 (en) * 1996-08-23 1998-02-27 Commissariat Energie Atomique Characterising individual PWR fuel assemblies to improve reactor charging
WO1998016935A1 (en) * 1996-10-15 1998-04-23 European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) A monitor for measuring both the gamma spectrum and neutrons emitted by an object, such as spent nuclear fuel
US6380544B1 (en) * 2000-03-21 2002-04-30 Perkinelmer, Inc. Germanium gamma-ray detector

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3717765A (en) * 1970-04-04 1973-02-20 Siemens Ag Device for non-destructive consumption testing of reactor fuel elements
EP0280925A1 (en) * 1987-02-25 1988-09-07 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Method and apparatus for passively gamma scanning a nuclear fuel rod
JPH03238399A (en) * 1990-02-15 1991-10-24 Toshiba Corp Method for measuring burnup of nuclear fuel
FR2752639A1 (en) * 1996-08-23 1998-02-27 Commissariat Energie Atomique Characterising individual PWR fuel assemblies to improve reactor charging
WO1998016935A1 (en) * 1996-10-15 1998-04-23 European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) A monitor for measuring both the gamma spectrum and neutrons emitted by an object, such as spent nuclear fuel
US6380544B1 (en) * 2000-03-21 2002-04-30 Perkinelmer, Inc. Germanium gamma-ray detector

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FR2880179A1 (en) 2006-06-30
WO2006070091A1 (en) 2006-07-06
FR2880179B1 (en) 2007-02-23
GB2435785A (en) 2007-09-05
GB0712295D0 (en) 2007-08-01

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Effective date: 20201215