Characterisation of SCK-CEN fuel samples used for leach tests in FIRST-Nuclides

Kevin Govers; Marc Verwerft; Wouter Van Renterghem; Karel Lemmens; Thierry Mennecart; Christelle Cachoir; Lesley Adriaensen; Andrew Dobney; Mireille Gysemans

Characterisation of SCK-CEN fuel samples used for leach tests in FIRST-Nuclides

Kevin Govers, Marc Verwerft, Wouter Van Renterghem, Karel Lemmens, Thierry Mennecart, Christelle Cachoir, Lesley Adriaensen, Andrew Dobney, Mireille Gysemans

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Abstract

In the framework of the FIRST-Nuclides program, SCK•CEN will conduct leaching experiments on a PWR UOX fuel, taken from the Belgian Tihange 1 reactor, with a rod average burnup of 50 MWd/kgHM in order to determine the rapid release of some of the most critical radionuclides. Considering the influence of the irradiation parameters on the actual location of fission products at the beginning of the leaching test, the interpretation of the experimental results highly relies on a good characterization of the fuel samples. This article will deal with the characterization of the fuel rod and samples that will be used for the leach tests performed at SCK•CEN.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	1st Annual Workshop Proceedings - 7th EC - FP First-Nuclides
Place of Publication	Budapest, Hungary
Pages	ST61-ST67
State	Published - 10 Oct 2012
Event	1st Annual Workshop - 7th EC - FP First-Nuclides - 1st Annual Workshop Proceedings - 7th EC - FP First-Nuclides, Budapest Duration: 9 Oct 2012 → 11 Oct 2012

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Conference	1st Annual Workshop - 7th EC - FP First-Nuclides
Country/Territory	Hungary
City	Budapest
Period	2012-10-09 → 2012-10-11

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Govers, K, Verwerft, M , Van Renterghem, W , Lemmens, K , Mennecart, T , Cachoir, C , Adriaensen, L , Dobney, A & Gysemans, M 2012, Characterisation of SCK-CEN fuel samples used for leach tests in FIRST-Nuclides. in 1st Annual Workshop Proceedings - 7th EC - FP First-Nuclides. Budapest, Hungary, pp. ST61-ST67, 1st Annual Workshop - 7th EC - FP First-Nuclides, Budapest, Hungary, 2012-10-09.

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