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A method is proposed for identifying a cylindrical case with a jacket containing 17 spent fuel assemblies from the AMB reactors at the Beloyarskaya nuclear power plant on the basis of measurements of the radiation characteristics in lateral surface of the jacket opposite the fuel assemblies in the outer and inner rows. Computational validation using the PRIZMA and MCNP computer codes is given for the method. It is shown that the collection of signals from detectors is specific to each jacket, and this makes it possible to use it as an identifying indicator.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 102, No. 6, pp. 363–367, June, 2007.
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Gorin, N.V., Kandiev, Y.Z., Lipilina, E.N. et al. Method for identifying 17-place casings with spent fuel assemblies of AMB reactors at the Beloyarskaya nuclear power plant. At Energy 102, 452–457 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-007-0071-6
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