Assessment of neutron spectral characteristics of the Chernobyl NPP failed reactor

✍ Scribed by A.V. Gromov; A.V. Kozunov; A.S. Krivokhatskiy; V.A. Nikolaev; V.I. Yurevich; V.S. Prokopenko

• Book ID: 103991522
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Weight: 241 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-8078
• DOI: 10.1016/0969-8078(93)90234-u

✦ Synopsis

Sets of threshold detectors DNESTR were applied to measure neutron field spectral characteristics in two boreholes of the failed Unit 4 of the Chernobyl NPP. The experimental data were used to calculate the differential neutron spectra. The results obtained show that the shape of the neutron energy spectra is similar to that of the reactor. Neutron flux densities depend on the measurement point but do not exceed l0 2 crn -2 s -I.