Estimation of the activity generated by neutron activation in control rods of a BWR.
Control rods are activated by neutron reactions into the reactor. The activation is produced mainly in stainless steel and its impurities. The dose produced by this activity is not important inside the reactor, but it has to be taken into account when the rod is withdrawn from the reactor. Activation reactions produced have been modelled by the MCNP5 code based on the Monte Carlo method. The code gives the number of reactions that can be converted into activity.
Ródenas
José
J
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. jrodenas@iqn.upv.es
Gallardo
Sergio
S
Abarca
Agustín
A
Juan
Violeta
V
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009502:Neutrons; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000528:radiation effects*
D013193:Stainless Steel