@article{JRC31901, address = {Amsterdam (The Netherlands)}, year = {2006}, author = {Berndt R and Mortreau P}, abstract = {CdTe detectors may be utilised as miniature instruments for the measurement of gamma spectra in safeguards applications . This is applicable for measurements both to fresh fuel and irradiated nuclear fuel. The spectrum analysis, however, is more complicated than with Ge detectors. Some reasons are: the peaks are asymmetric, the peak/Compton ratio is low, peak parameters depend on the count rate and on the properties of individual detector crystals We developed a spectrum unfolding code for spectra obtained with CdTe detectors. The code makes use of a series of pattern spectra of the individual instrument. It is applied to fission product spectra and allows the coarse characterisation of the spent fuel in safeguards inspections. }, title = {Spent Fuel Characterization with Small CZT Detectors}, type = {}, url = {}, volume = {564}, number = {}, journal = {NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SP}, pages = {290-294}, issn = {}, publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV}, doi = {} }