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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Genichi Matsumoto, Naohide Murata, Soju Suzuki, Mitsugu Matsumoto, Kohei Ohkubo, Yasushi Ikeda
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 2 | February 1986 | Pages 201-211
Technical Paper | Radioisotopes and Isotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33742
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A track-etch method of neutron radiography using a new 10B4C converter was studied. Various characteristics of the track-etch films were measured and compared with a conventional emulsion method. The etch pit production rates, resolution powers, and graininess relating to the etching conditions were precisely investigated. Various fine radiographs were obtained, including simulated fast breeder reactor fuel and irradiated fuel pins. The resolution power and the image quality of the track-etch radiography were comparable to those using a combination of gadolinium foil and fine grain films with shorter exposure times.
