Iodine transmutation studies using metal iodide targets

This paper describes the preparation, irradiation and the post-irradiation examination of the Project-I iodine transmutation irradiation experiment. Capsules containing pellets of MgI2, CaI2, 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.