Transmutation of technetium - results of the EFTTRA-T2 experiment

Authors
Konings, RJM Conrad, R
Citation
Rjm. Konings et R. Conrad, Transmutation of technetium - results of the EFTTRA-T2 experiment, J NUCL MAT, 274(3), 1999, pp. 336-340
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Nuclear Emgineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
ISSN journal
00223115 → ACNP
Volume
274
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
336 - 340
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3115(199909)274:3<336:TOT-RO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Two rods of metallic technetium were irradiated in the high flux reactor (H FR) at Petten during 579.3 full power days (total neutron fluence 5.4 x 10( 26) m(-2)). The extent of transmutation to ruthenium, the transmutation pro duct, was determined to be 15-18%. Electron probe microanalysis showed an i ncrease from 16% Ru in the centre to 30-40% Ru near the rim of the pellets. Metallographic examinations showed no changes in the microstructure compar ed to the unirradiated material. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.