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M. De Coster, D. Langela
Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 2 | August 1970 | Pages 229-232
Fuel | Symposium on Theoretical Models for Predicting In-Reactor Performance of Fuel and Cladding Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28811
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It is shown that an accurate determination of the fission rate in fuel elements can be obtained by the technique of solid-state track detectors. The method gives: (a) the radial variation and (b) the absolute value of the fission rate, by application of the measured value of the mean-path-length of the fission products in the fuel. The quality of the results is independent of the neutron spectrum during the irradiation. In a particular case (thermal flux), results deduced from measurements performed with solid-state track detectors are compared with those obtained by the fissile detector (activation) technique. The agreement is excellent.