Thermo Scientific™

Fuel Burn-Up Measurement System

Catalog number: 15161
Thermo Scientific™

Fuel Burn-Up Measurement System

Catalog number: 15161
The Thermo Scientific™ Fuel Burn-Up Measurement System is designed to measure the burn-up of PBMR fuel spheres by means of spectroscopic evaluation. Optimized design maximizes system performance in order to measure burn-up of fuel elements having lifetime heavy metal utilization.
 
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15161
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Each
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Fuel Burn-Up Measurement System
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DescriptionFuel Burn-Up Measurement System
Height (English) Detector Housing12 in.
Height (English) Electronics Enclosure13.9 in.
Height (Metric) Detector Housing305mm
Height (Metric) Electronics Enclosure354mm
Height (Metric) X-Cooler and CryoSecure259mm
Length (English) Air Hose32.8 in.
Length (English) Detector Housing48.6 in.
Length (English) Electronics Enclosure50.5 in.
Length (Metric) Air Hose10m
Length (Metric) Detector Housing1235mm
Length (Metric) Electronics Enclosure1282mm
Length (Metric) X-Cooler and CryoSecure362mm
Outside Diameter (English) Air Hose0.24 in.
Outside Diameter (Metric) Air Hose6mm
Weight (English) Air Hose6.6 lb.
Weight (English) Detector Housing485 lb.
Weight (Metric) Air Hose3kg
Weight (Metric) Detector Housing220kg
Width (English) Detector Housing18.4 in.
Width (English) Electronics Enclosure41.4 in.
Width (Metric) Detector Housing467mm
Width (Metric) Electronics Enclosure1053mm
Width (Metric) X-Cooler and CryoSecure311mm
Item DescriptionDetermines Cesium-137 gamma peak
Unit SizeEach
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DescriptionFuel Burn-Up Measurement System
Height (English) Detector Housing12 in.
Height (English) Electronics Enclosure13.9 in.
Height (Metric) Detector Housing305mm
Height (Metric) Electronics Enclosure354mm
Height (Metric) X-Cooler and CryoSecure259mm
Length (English) Air Hose32.8 in.
Length (English) Detector Housing48.6 in.
Length (English) Electronics Enclosure50.5 in.
Length (Metric) Air Hose10m
Length (Metric) Detector Housing1235mm
Length (Metric) Electronics Enclosure1282mm
Length (Metric) X-Cooler and CryoSecure362mm
Outside Diameter (English) Air Hose0.24 in.
Outside Diameter (Metric) Air Hose6mm
Weight (English) Air Hose6.6 lb.
Weight (English) Detector Housing485 lb.
Weight (Metric) Air Hose3kg
Weight (Metric) Detector Housing220kg
Width (English) Detector Housing18.4 in.
Width (English) Electronics Enclosure41.4 in.
Width (Metric) Detector Housing467mm
Width (Metric) Electronics Enclosure1053mm
Width (Metric) X-Cooler and CryoSecure311mm
Item DescriptionDetermines Cesium-137 gamma peak
Unit SizeEach
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System is designed specifically to measure the burn-up of fuel spheres in a “pebble bed” high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. An integral part of fuel-handling and storage system operations, it uses a germanium detector along with proven proprietary spectral analysis signal processing to determine the Cesium-137 gamma peak.
  • Classifies spheres as graphite, used fuel or spent fuel
  • Comprised of three major components: High-purity germanium (HPGe) detector assembly with positioning table and cryogenic refrigeration system; digital signal processor(DSP)-based burn-up analysis system; photon collimator
  • Analyses performed: Graphite/fuel discrimination, discrimination between low burn-up and high burn-up fuel, categorization of higher burn-up fuels as either used fuel or spent fuel

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