Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy

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Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy

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Nucl. Phys. At. Energy 2020, volume 21, issue 4, pages 308-311.
Section: Atomic Energy.
Received: 22.06.2020; Accepted: 17.11.2020; Published online: 28.01.2021.
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https://doi.org/10.15407/jnpae2020.04.308

On the prospects of using metal hydrides in nuclear energy

M. I. Vlasenko1, M. M. Korotenko1,*, S. L. Lytvynenko1, D. V. Pyshna1, I. A. Morozov2, D. P. Stratilat3, I. A. Khomych3, O. P. Budnyk4

1 State Enterprise National Atomic Energy Generating Company “Energoatom”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2 I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
3 Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
4 Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

*Corresponding author. E-mail address: mnkoro@gmail.com

Abstract: The results of analytical and experimental studies of neutron-protective properties of a number of domestic materials and of the SWX-277 material (manufactured in the USA) are reported. SWX-277 is employed for protection against neutron irradiation in containers for dry storage of spent nuclear fuel in the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The results of studies have confirmed the high protective properties of some domestic materials (in particular, titanium hydride), and the perspective of their wider use for protection against neutron irradiation.

Keywords: container, protection against neutrons, attenuation coefficient, titanium hydride.

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