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Dissolved gas measurements of the cooling ponds of Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary

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Investigation of the effect of nuclear fuel rods to the composition of the dissolved gas in the cooling water of the cooling ponds of Paks Nuclear Power Plant is presented. Dissolved gases in coolant were measured for surveying the condition of the nuclear fuel remained in service pool No. 1 of reactor unit No. 2 after its incident in April of 2003. Two different experimental ways were applied in parallel for ensuring the better reliability of the results.

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Acknowledgements are due to the colleagues of Chemical Controls Section of Paks NPP and to Ms. Magdolna Mogyorósi for their kind help during the samplings.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Research of the HAS, Bem tér 18/c, Debrecen, 4026, Hungary

    Mihály Molnár, László Palcsu, Zoltán Major & Éva Svingor

  2. Isotoptech Co. Ltd., Debrecen, Hungary

    Mihály Veres

  3. Paks Nuclear Power Plant Co. Ltd., Paks, Hungary

    Tamás Pintér

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Molnár, M., Palcsu, L., Major, Z. et al. Dissolved gas measurements of the cooling ponds of Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 286, 741–744 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0792-1

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