Investigation of the Partial Defect Tester (PDET) for the detection of fuel pins diversion in the frame of spent fuel safeguards verication

Gisella Marzari, Riccardo Rossa

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    Abstract

    This Thesis is based on the Monte Carlo study on the Partial Defect Tester (PDET), a detector investigated to detect the subtraction of fuel rods from a spent fuel assembly in a cooling pool. The PDET uses multiple tiny neutron and gamma detectors in the form of a cluster and a simple gravity-driven system to measure the neutron and photon uxes inside a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) spent fuel assembly. The measurements are performed under water, and the PDET takes advantage of the PWR fuel design which contains multiple guidetubes which can be accessed from the top.
    Original languageEnglish
    QualificationCivil Engineer
    Awarding Institution
    • Politecnico di Torino
    Supervisors/Advisors
    • Rossa, Riccardo, SCK CEN Mentor
    • Borella, Alessandro, SCK CEN Mentor
    • Ravetto, Piero, Supervisor, External person
    Date of Award3 Dec 2015
    Publisher
    StatePublished - 3 Dec 2015

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