Development of TRIGA-based experimental device for fiber optics in-core instrumentation testing for VHTRs
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OSTI ID:22105829
- Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A and M Univ., 337 Zachry Engineering Building, College Station, TX 77843-3133 (United States)
Given the harsh environments of high temperature reactors, new in-core instrumentation has to be developed, since existing approaches may fail prematurely in VHTRs. The paper discusses ongoing efforts to support progress of suitable advanced in-core instrumentation technologies and develop an experimental approach for evaluation of their performance within VHTRs via emulation of VHTR in-core conditions in TRIGA reactors. Successful completion of the presented computational analysis concludes the first phase of the project. As demonstrated, it is proposed to use a high temperature furnace with fluence equivalency in operating TRIGA reactors. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, Inc., 555 N. Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22105829
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: PHYSOR 2012: Conference on Advances in Reactor Physics - Linking Research, Industry, and Education, Knoxville, TN (United States), 15-20 Apr 2012; Other Information: Country of input: France; 9 refs.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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