Transmutation of technetium - results of the EFTTRA-T2 experiment
Abstract
Two rods of metallic technetium were irradiated in the high flux reactor (HFR) at Petten during 579.3 full power days (total neutron fluence 5.4 × 10 26 m -2). The extent of transmutation to ruthenium, the transmutation product, was determined to be 15-18%. Electron probe microanalysis showed an increase from 16% Ru in the centre to 30-40% Ru near the rim of the pellets. Metallographic examinations showed no changes in the microstructure compared to the unirradiated material.
- Publication:
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Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Pub Date:
- 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0022-3115(99)00107-5
- Bibcode:
- 1999JNuM..274..336K