Photofission tomography of nuclear waste packages

Author

Agelou, M. ; Carrel, F. ; Gmar, M. ; Lainé, F. ; Poumarède, B. ; Tola, F.

Author_Institution

CEA, LIST, Gif-sur-Yvette

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007

Firstpage

801

Lastpage

804

Abstract

Being able to characterize and classify nuclear waste packages is crucial for an appropriate mode of storage. The alpha-activity due to the presence of actinides inside the packages can be determined using non-destructive active (NDA) methods. CEA-LIST is developing one of those, based on fission induced by photons that allows us to quantify the global mass of actinides in large concrete packages and localize it by the means of a tomography using delayed particles emitted after the fission process.

Keywords

fission products; photofission; radioactive waste storage; tomography; CEA-LIST; actinides; alpha-activity; delayed particles emission; fission; global mass; non-destructive active methods; nuclear waste packages; nuclear waste storage; photofission tomography; photons induced fission; Current measurement; Delay effects; Isotopes; Neutrons; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Packaging; Production; Pulse measurements; Radioactive pollution; Single photon emission computed tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0922-8

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436449

Filename

4436449