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Koeberg Surveillance Capsule Fluence Determination Using PCDC Dosimetry Cross Sections and Activation Measurements

Stoker, CC
Scientist,Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (AEC),

Reitsma, F
Scientist,Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (AEC),

Lamparelli, G
Senior physicist,ESKOM,


Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1994


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Source: STP1228-EB


Abstract

Neutron fluences were calculated for the first Reactor Vessel Surveillance (RVS) capsules extracted from Koeberg Unit 1 and 2. For the calculation of the Koeberg RVS-capsule dosimetry cross sections a calculational system (called PCDC) was developed on a 32-bit i386/i486 personal computer (PC). This system consists of pre- and post-processors, a 171-group neutron reaction cross section library, a 171-group reactor zone flux spectrum library and an interface with the SAND-II, DOSCROS-84 and IRDF-90 dosimetry libraries. The sensitivity of these cross sections was determined for different reactor model parameters, core conditions and dosimetry libraries. Using the IRDF-90 dosimetry library, a maximum difference of 15% was obtained between the fluences predicted with the non-fissionable dosimeters.


Keywords:
Reactor Vessel Surveillance, Koeberg Reactor, Neutron Fluence, Dosimetry, DOT3.5, Dosimetry Libraries

Paper ID: STP15108S
Committee/Subcommittee: E10.01
DOI: 10.1520/STP15108S
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