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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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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    • 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 (fr) 2004-12-28 2004-12-28 Procede et dispositif de determination du taux de combustion d'un assemblage de combustible du coeur d'un reacteur nucleaire et utilisation
PCT/FR2005/003158 WO2006070091A1 (fr) 2004-12-28 2005-12-15 Procede et dispositif de determination du taux de combustion d'un assemblage de combustible du coeur d'un reacteur nucleaire et utilisation

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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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FR (1) FR2880179B1 (fr)
GB (1) GB2435785B (fr)
WO (1) WO2006070091A1 (fr)

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ES2351020B1 (es) * 2009-06-08 2011-11-18 Enusa Industrias Avanzadas S.A. Escaner para el analisis de una barra de combustible nuclear.
ES2350997B1 (es) * 2009-06-08 2011-11-23 Enusa Industrias Avanzadas S.A. Aparato para la inspeccion radiometrica de un elemento combustible

Citations (6)

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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 (fr) * 1987-02-25 1988-09-07 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Procédé et appareil pour balayer gamma passivement un élément crayon combustible nucléaire
JPH03238399A (ja) * 1990-02-15 1991-10-24 Toshiba Corp 原子燃料の燃焼度測定方法
FR2752639A1 (fr) * 1996-08-23 1998-02-27 Commissariat Energie Atomique Dispositif de caracterisation individuelle d'assemblages de combustible nucleaire et installation de controle non destructif comprenant un tel dispositif
WO1998016935A1 (fr) * 1996-10-15 1998-04-23 European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Appareil de mesure permettant de mesurer le spectre gamma et les neutrons emis par un objet tel qu'un combustible epuise
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 (fr) * 1987-02-25 1988-09-07 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Procédé et appareil pour balayer gamma passivement un élément crayon combustible nucléaire
JPH03238399A (ja) * 1990-02-15 1991-10-24 Toshiba Corp 原子燃料の燃焼度測定方法
FR2752639A1 (fr) * 1996-08-23 1998-02-27 Commissariat Energie Atomique Dispositif de caracterisation individuelle d'assemblages de combustible nucleaire et installation de controle non destructif comprenant un tel dispositif
WO1998016935A1 (fr) * 1996-10-15 1998-04-23 European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Appareil de mesure permettant de mesurer le spectre gamma et les neutrons emis par un objet tel qu'un combustible epuise
US6380544B1 (en) * 2000-03-21 2002-04-30 Perkinelmer, Inc. Germanium gamma-ray detector

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

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Effective date: 20201215