FRESH NUCLEAR FUEL MEASUREMENTS AT UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Year
2009
Author(s)
J. Kuzminski - Los Alamos National Laboratory
T. Ewing - Argonne National Laboratory
Debbie Dickman - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sergiy Drapey - Institute for Nuclear Research
Victor Gavrilyuk - Institute for Nuclear Research
Nikolay Strilchuk - Institute for Nuclear Research
Vladimir I. Kirischuk - Institute for Nuclear Research
Abstract
In 2005, the Provisions on Nuclear Material Measurement System [1] was enacted in Ukraine as an important regulatory driver to support international obligations in nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation. It defines key provisions and requirements for material measurement and measurement control programs to ensure the quality and reliability of measurement data within the framework of the State MC&A System. Implementing the Provisions requires establishing a number of measurement techniques for both fresh and spent nuclear fuel for various types of Ukrainian reactors. Our first efforts focused on measurements of fresh nuclear fuel from a WWR-1000 power reactor.