Operating Experience from Europium Absorbers in the BN-600 Reactor and Perspectives of Their Further Utilization in the Innovation Nuclear Reactors

5/29/2012 2011 - #01 Global safety, reliability and diagnostics of nuclear power installations

Risovany V.D. Zakharov A.V. Klochkov E.P. Maltsev V.V. Karpenko A.I. Ogleznev V.I. Tuchkov A.M. Chernov I.A.

https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2011.1.13

An extensive operating experience from the europium control rods has been accumulated. Research into materials has shown that the BN-600 reactor europium rods have high lifetime characteristics. A set of the studies on utilization of europium radionuclides in the gamma-emitting sources has been conducted. The most promising line is a utilization of double-purpose designs of the control rods with an absorbing kernel in the form of the inserts of the active part of the standard gamma-emitting sources.

Link for citing the article: Risovany V.D., Zakharov A.V., Klochkov E.P., Maltsev V.V., Karpenko A.I., Ogleznev V.I., Tuchkov A.M., Chernov I.A. Operating Experience from Europium Absorbers in the BN-600 Reactor and Perspectives of Their Further Utilization in the Innovation Nuclear Reactors. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2012, no. 1, pp. 110-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2011.1.13 (in Russian).