| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 170, 2018
ANIMMA 2017 – Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications
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| Article Number | 04027 | |
| Number of page(s) | 3 | |
| Section | Research reactors | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817004027 | |
| Published online | 10 January 2018 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817004027
Nuclear instrumentation in VENUS-F
Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, Mol, 2400, Belgium
email: jwagemans@sckcen.be
Published online: 10 January 2018
VENUS-F is a fast zero power reactor with 30 wt% U fuel and Pb/Bi as a coolant simulator. Depending on the experimental configuration, various neutron spectra (fast, epithermal, and thermal islands) are present. This paper gives a review of the nuclear instrumentation that is applied for reactor control and in a large variety of physics experiments. Activation foils and fission chambers are used to measure spatial neutron flux profiles, spectrum indices, reactivity effects (with positive period and compensation method or the MSM method) and kinetic parameters (with the Rossi-alpha method). Fission chamber calibrations are performed in the standard irradiation fields of the BR1 reactor (prompt fission neutron spectrum and Maxwellian thermal neutron spectrum).
Key words: Activation / calibration / fast reactor / fission chamber / neutrons / reactor instrumentation
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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