COOLING-TIME DETERMINATION OF SPENT FUEL

Year
1979
Author(s)
K. Kaieda - Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. R. Hatcher - Los Alamos National Laboratory
S.T. Hsue - Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Abstract
Two methods to determine the cooling time using data from high-resolution gamma-ray measurements are discussed; one is useful when the irradiation history information is available, the other when the irradiation history is not available. We have applied both methods and found that the cooling time can be determined to within an average of 3% and 4.1%, respectively.