Iodine transmutation studies using metal iodide targets

Abstract This paper describes the preparation, irradiation and the post-irradiation examination of the Project-I iodine transmutation irradiation experiment. Capsules containing pellets of MgI 2 , CaI 2 , CuI and NaI have been irradiated in the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten for 271.23 full power days. The post-irradiation examination includes neutron metrology, gamma spectrometry, chemical analysis, gas puncturing, gas analysis, metallography and EPMA.