Expert system for surveillance and diagnosis of breach fuel elements
An apparatus and method are disclosed for surveillance and diagnosis of breached fuel elements in a nuclear reactor. A delayed neutron monitoring system provides output signals indicating the delayed neutron activity and age and the equivalent recoil areas of a breached fuel element. Sensors are used to provide outputs indicating the status of each component of the delayed neutron monitoring system. Detectors also generate output signals indicating the reactor power level and the primary coolant flow rate of the reactor. The outputs from the detectors and sensors are interfaced with an artificial intelligence-based knowledge system which implements predetermined logic and generates output signals indicating the operability of the reactor.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4803040
- OSTI ID:
- 6050253
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Jan 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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REACTOR COMPONENTS
EXPERT SYSTEMS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
FLOW RATE
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KNOWLEDGE BASE
NEUTRON FLUX
RADIATION DETECTORS
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ENERGY SYSTEMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POWER PLANTS
RADIATION FLUX
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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