SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSAYING AN OBJECT

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSAYING AN OBJECT

A method for assaying a wall of a pressure tube for a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The wall has a matrix material and deuterium nuclei in the matrix material. The method includes: (a) transmitting gamma rays into the matrix material to induce photodisintegration of at least some of the deuterium nu...

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Hauptverfasser: Horn, Dag, Stoev, Krassimir
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
NUCLEAR REACTORS
PHYSICS
X-RAY TECHNIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:A method for assaying a wall of a pressure tube for a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The wall has a matrix material and deuterium nuclei in the matrix material. The method includes: (a) transmitting gamma rays into the matrix material to induce photodisintegration of at least some of the deuterium nuclei, whereby reaction particles of the nuclei are emitted from the wall; (b) detecting at least some of the reaction particles emitted in step (a) using a particle detector; and (c) generating particle signals in response to detecting the particles in step (b).