Non-Destructive Examination Development for the JHR Material Testing Reactor

Author

Roure, Christophe ; Cornu, B. ; Simon, Eric ; Estre, Nicolas ; Berthet, B. ; Guimbal, P. ; Kinnunen, P. ; Kotiluoto, P.

Author_Institution

Nucl. Meas. Lab., CEA Cadarache DEN, St. Paul-lez-Durance, France

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The Jules Horowitz Reactor (JHR) is a European experimental reactor under construction in CEA Cadarache. It will be dedicated to material and fuel irradiation tests, and to medical isotopes production. Non-Destructive nuclear Examinations systems (NDE) will be implemented in pools to analyse the irradiated fuel or tested material in their supporting experimental irradiation devices extracted from the core or its immediate periphery. The Nuclear Measurement Laboratory (NML) of CEA Cadarache is working in collaboration with VTT (Technical Research Centre in Finland) in designing and developing NDE systems implementing gamma-ray spectroscopy and high energy X-ray imaging of the sample and irradiation device. CEA is also designing a neutron radiography system for which NML is working on the detection system. Design studies are performed with Monte Carlo transport codes and specific simulation tools developed by the NML for Xray and neutron imaging.

Keywords

X-ray imaging; fission reactor fuel; fission research reactors; light water reactors; CEA Cadarache; European experimental reactor; JHR material testing reactor; Jules Horowitz Reactor; Monte Carlo transport codes; NDE systems; Nuclear Measurement Laboratory; Technical Research Centre; VTT; X-ray imaging; detection system; gamma-ray spectroscopy; high energy X-ray imaging; irradiated fuel; neutron imaging; neutron radiography system; nondestructive examination development; Detectors; Geometry; Inductors; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy; Tomography; X-ray imaging; Emission Computed Tomography; Gamma Spectrometry; Jules Horowitz Reactor; Material Testing Reactor; Neutron Imaging; Non-Destructive Examination; Radiography; Transmission Computed Tomography; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1046-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6727882

Filename

6727882