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Cladding Thickness of Fuel Elements by X-Rays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Beverley James Lowe ,
Payson D. Sierer Jr.  and
Robert B. Ogilvie
Beverley James Lowe
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Payson D. Sierer Jr.
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Robert B. Ogilvie
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Abstract

The paper is based on a feasibility study to determine the suitability of various techniques for the non-destructive measurement of cladding thickness on uranium fuel elements. The techniques studied were: 1—the attentuation of the characteristic X-ray fluorescence from the uranium base metal by the cladding material, and 2—Compton scattering of X-rays from the cladding surface. The cladding materials used in the investigation were aluminum, 304 stainless steel and zirconium, providing a wide range of both atomic number and density.

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Research Article
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 2: Seventh Annual Conference on Industrial Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 13-15, 1958 , 1958 , pp. 275 - 281
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1958

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