Investigation of RPV samples of the Greifswald NPP with focus on retrospective dosimetry.

Reactor pressure vessel (RPV) samples of units 1 and 4 of the Greifswald NPP were investigated with focus on retrospective dosimetry. Specific activities of long-lived radionuclides 63Ni, 93mNb, 94Nb and 99Tc as well as the concentrations of the producing elements were measured. Investigated samples comprise base metal, welding metal and cladding of the RPV. Neutron fluences obtained with the M onte-Carlo codes TRAM O and M CNP were used to calculate specific activities. The gamma-emitter 94Nb appears as a promising candidate due to the large Nb concentration in the cladding of the VVER RPVs. For 93mNb, a very good agreement of measured und calculated activities was found for the RPV cladding samples where 93mNb is primarily produced by the threshold reaction 93Nb(n,n')93mNb. A strong scatter of the ratios of calculated and experimental activities is observed for 63Ni which is primarily produced by slow neutrons. For 99Tc, a good agreement of calculated and measured activities was found for the majority of the base metal and welding metal samples but not for the cladding samples. Updated reaction cross section data for 62Ni(n,γ) and 92M o(n,γ) lead to a better agreement of calculated and measured activities for 63Ni and 93mNb. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]