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KMID : 0371819980300050452
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology
1998 Volume.30 No. 5 p.452 ~ p.461
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Pin Power Distribution Determined by Analyzing the Rotational Gamma Scanning Data of HANARO Fuel Bundle
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Lee Jae-Yun
Choi Hee-Dong
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Abstract
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The pin power distribution is determined by analyzing the rotational gamma scanning data for 36 element fuel bundle of HANARO. A fission monitor of Nb95 is chosen by considering the criteria of the half-life, fission yield, emitting y-ray energy and probability. The 7-ray spectra were measured in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI) by using a HPGe detector and by rotating the fuel bundle at steps of 10. The counting rates of Nb95 766 keV y-rays are determined by analyzing the full absorption peak in the spectra. A 36 x 36 response matrix is obtained from calculating the contribution of each rod at every scanning angle by assuming 2-dimensional and parallel beam approximations for the measuring geometry. In terms of the measured counting rates and the calculated response matrix, an iriverse problem is set up for the unknown distribution of activity concentrations of pins. To select a suitable solving method, the performances of three direct methods and the iterative least-square method are tested by solving simulation examples. The final solution is obtained by using the iterative least-square method that shows a good stability. The influences of detection error, step size of rotation and the collimator width are discussed on the accuracy of the numerical solution. Hence all improvement in the accuracy of the solution is proposed by reducing the collimator width of they scanning arrangement.
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