International consortium for PIE measurement of VVER-440 fuel
18th Symposium of AER on VVER Reactor Physics and Reactor Safety (2008, Eger, Hungary)
Physical problem of Spent Fuel, Decommissioning and Radwaste
Abstract
Ten institutions of nuclear industry, regulation and research from countries operating VVER reactors in the European Union established VVER PIE International Consortium to fund the radiochemical assays of VVER-440 fuel which should be performed in a hot cell laboratory in RIAR Dimitrovgrad, Russia. The measurements will be made on 12 samples cut out from 3 pins of VVER-440 fuel assembly with flat enrichment 4.4% 235U. The sample burnups lie in interval 30 – 60 MWd/kgU. The measured nuclides will be the ?burnup credit isotopes?, actinides and fission products.