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Utilization of radiochemical and mass-spectrometric analysis of the spent fuel of the A-1 power plant for non-destructive burn-up determination

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During the burning-up fuel in a nuclear reactor, changes in the isotopic composition of the fuel as well as in the reactor power generation take place. To explain these effects, destructive radiochemical analyses of the spent fuel were carried out. The results obtained have been used for the calibration of non-destructive burn-up determination and for the evaluation of simple computer codes. The main results of the codes as well as the methods applied for the separation of radionuclides studied are presented.

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  1. Nuclear Power Plants Research Institute, 919 31 Jaslovské, Bohunice, (Czechoslovakia)

    V. Petényi & Š. Rohár

  2. Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Technical University of Prague, Břehová 7, 115 19, Prague 1, (Czechoslovakia)

    F. Šebesta & J. Sedláček

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Petényi, V., Rohár, Š., Šebesta, F. et al. Utilization of radiochemical and mass-spectrometric analysis of the spent fuel of the A-1 power plant for non-destructive burn-up determination. J. Radioanal. Chem. 51, 133–141 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02519931

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