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[1I01] The possible use of short half-life noble gas fission products for measurement of criticality and identification of plutonium in fuel debris canister
キーワード:Depletion calculation, Subcritical System, Fuel Debris Canister, Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel, Monte Carlo Calculation, Short Half-life Fission Products
Fuel debris has inherent neutron sources due to mostly spontaneous fissions. Therefore, the fuel debris inside a canister can be seen as a subcritical system with fixed neutron source. A depletion calculation for the fuel debris inside the canister has been performed. The calculation results show the relation between the activity ratio of short half-life noble gas fission products (FPs) 88Kr-to-135Xe and the effective neutron multiplication factor (keff). The results also show the possible use of the activity ratio to identify fuel debris caused from UO2 or MOX fuels.