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X-Ray Tomography Based Simulation Feasibility Analysis of Nuclear Fuel Pellets  

Kim, Jae-Joon (School of Computer and Communications, Daegu University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing / v.30, no.4, 2010 , pp. 324-329 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fuel rods using in nuclear power plants consist of uranium dioxide pellets enclosed in zirconium alloy(zircaloy) tubes. It is vitally important for the pellet surface to remain free from pits, cracks and chipping defects after it is loaded into the tubes to prevent local hot spots during reactor operation. This paper investigates the feasibility study for detecting surface flaws of pellets contained within nuclear fuel rod through X-ray tomography simulation. Reconstructed images used by parallel and fan-beam filtered back projection method were presented and confirmed the accessibility between simulation data and MPS(missing pellet surface) image data.
Keywords
Nuclear Fuel Pellets; Fuel Rod; X-Ray Tomography; Filtered Back Projection;
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