液闪探测器测量MOX燃料中铀钚含量技术研究

Measuring Uranium&Plutonium Content in MOX Fuel Based on Liquid Scintillator Detector

  • 摘要: 为测定MOX燃料中U、Pu含量,研究了基于液闪的快中子符合计数法的分析方法。根据实验装置建立蒙特卡罗模型,模拟计算燃料芯块数量12~200范围内,MOX燃料样品的有源和无源符合计数率。通过建立无源符合计数率与有效240Pu质量的校准曲线、有源符合净计数率与有效239Pu质量的校准曲线,并根据U、Pu对无源计数率和有源计数率的贡献差异,测定样品中的U、Pu含量。建立一种模拟计算U、Pu各同位素关于有效239Pu质量转换系数的方法,并用测试样品验证了方法的可行性。经过刻度后,对未知样品(芯块数>20,质量>30 g)估算其U、Pu含量,芯块数>32的样品相对误差小于10%,本研究结果可为 MOX 燃料铀钚定量测量中的数据分析提供参考。

     

    Abstract: An analytical method for the determination of U and Pu contents in MOX fuels based on the liquid scintillator fast neutron coincidence counting method is presented. A Monte Carlo model was built based on the experimental setup to obtain the active and passive coincidence count rates of MOX fuel samples in the range of core block number 12-200. The U and Pu contents in the samples are determined by establishing the scale curves of the passive coincidence count rate versus the effective 240Pu mass, the scale curves of the active coincidence net count rate versus the effective 239Pu mass, and according to the differences in the contributions of U and Pu to the passive and active count rates. A method is given to simulate the acquisition of conversion factors for each isotope of U and Pu with respect to the effective 239Pu mass, and the feasibility of the method is verified with test samples.After scaling, the U and Pu contents of the unknown samples (number of cores >20, mass >30 g) were estimated, and the relative error of the samples with the number of cores >32 was less than 10%, which can be used as a reference for the analysis of the data in the quantitative measurement of uranium-plutonium in MOX fuels.

     

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