Abstract
Characterization of the irradiation environments for operating boiling water reactor (BWR) and pressurized water reactor (PWR) power plants is essential for the proper analysis and application of research and power reactor test and surveillance program results.
As experience is gained, the experimenter understands the general considerations for a successful dosimetry test; e.g., the proper choice of detector materials, thermal neutron shields, and capsule types for different flux levels and spectra based on cross sections, half lives, purity, interfering reactions, space availability, etc.
Neutron dosimetry programs conducted by the Vallecitos Nuclear Center for BWRs (1,2,3,4) and by the University of Arkansas for PWRs (5,6), plus cooperative efforts in ASTM standards committees, have given valuable experience to the authors. There are special considerations which have not been obvious to many experimenters. These subtle phenomena have caused inaccuracies in results, contamination, frustration, and loss of experiment. Several of these are described.
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Martin, G.C., Cogburn, C.O. (1985). Special Considerations For LWR Neutron Dosimetry Experiments. In: Genthon, J.P., Röttger, H. (eds) Reactor Dosimetry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5378-9_39
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