[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art and challenges of non-destructive techniques for in-situ radiological characterization of nuclear facilities to be dismantled

K Amgarou, M Herranz - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the state-of-the-art of the main non-destructive assay (NDA)
techniques usually used for in-situ radiological characterization of nuclear facilities subject …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for the selection of in situ measurement techniques for radiological characterization in nuclear/radiological installations under …

K Amgarou, F Aspe, R Idoeta, M Herranz - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, in-situ radiological characterisation by means of non-destructive techniques is
studied and analysed in the context of the different constrained environments (identified as …

[HTML][HTML] Classification and categorization of the constrained environments in nuclear/radiological installations under decommissioning and dismantling processes

F Aspe, R Idoeta, G Auge, M Herranz - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
INSIDER is an EU Horizon 2020 research project, within the topic NFRP-7 of the EURATOM
programme, that aims to develop and validate a new and improved integrated …

Traceability for measurements of radioactivity in waste materials arising from nuclear site decommissioning

JCJ Dean, I Adsley, PH Burgess - Metrologia, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Site decommissioning is now a major aspect of the work of the nuclear industry worldwide.
One of its many technical challenges is the need to measure levels of radioactivity in a range …

Radiological characterization methods specifically applied to the preparation of the dismantling of Phenix fast reactor

J Venara, M Ben Mosbah… - International …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Knowledge of the radiological state of processes and equipment of a nuclear facility is
essential to supervise a wide variety of sensitive tasks: building of intervention scenarios in …

Radiological Characterisation for Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations-Final Report of the Task Group on Radiological Characterisation and Decommissioning …

C Andrieu, D Olivier, F Tardy, T Boisserie, Y Desnoyers… - 2013 - inis.iaea.org
Radiological characterisation plays an important role in the decommissioning of nuclear
facilities. It is the basis for radiation protection, identification of contamination, assessment of …

Metrology for decommissioning nuclear facilities: Partial outcomes of joint research project within the European Metrology Research Program

J Suran, P Kovar, J Smoldasova, J Solc… - Applied Radiation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Decommissioning of nuclear facilities incurs high costs regarding the accurate
characterisation and correct disposal of the decommissioned materials. Therefore, there is a …

A versatile passive and active non-destructive device for spent fuel assemblies monitoring

R Berne, G Bignan, G Andrieu, B Dethan - 1993 - osti.gov
The monitoring of spent fuel assemblies in reactor pools or in reprocessing plants with NDA
methods is interesting (non-destructivity, non-intrusivity) for process control, safety-criticality …

A non-destructive and on-site digital autoradiography-based tool to identify contaminating radionuclide in nuclear wastes and facilities to be dismantled

R Haudebourg, P Fichet - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
As part of the recent developments of digital autoradiography-based methods in the context
of nuclear dismantling (alpha and soft-beta on-site detection, mapping, wastes and sample …

Non-destructive radiological characterization applied to fusion waste management

GA Marzo, L Lepore, R Levizzari, L Di Pace… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Future nuclear fusion reactors will produce radioactive waste containing both activation
products and Tritium. Since Tritium can potentially be removed from the reactor components …