Computer-controlled flux monitoring using high-density, self-powered incore detectors
The paper describes the integration of computer hardware and software to automate the operation of an advanced incore neutron monitoring system installed in the DOE's Hanford Site N Reactor. The system, which is unique in the nuclear industry, will use a system of networked computers to automatically record data from 640 self-powered detectors positioned throughout the reactor core. Selected detectors will be monitored at 10 times per second, providing real-time indication of the reactor condition for the operators and detailed core performance data for later offline analysis. The data acquisition computer coordinates the transfer of acquired data for graphic display of flux information, deconvolutes and converts detector currents to flux and power levels, and records and stores data from the movable detector system. This system, supplied by Babcock Wilcox, represents the present level of technology in reactor flux monitoring and associated data acquisition. It performs several competing tasks simultaneously requiring significant multitasking capability. The demands placed on the central processor by this flux monitoring application will be presented. 2 refs., 5 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 5529934
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SA-0639; CONF-891192-15; ON: DE90001127
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual Westinghouse computer symposium, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), 6-7 Nov 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
NEUTRON MONITORS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
AUTOMATION
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
N-REACTOR
NEUTRON DETECTION
NEUTRON FLUX
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DETECTION
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORS
PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS
POWER REACTORS
PRODUCTION REACTORS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATION MONITORS
REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
220400* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Control Systems
440101 - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments
990220 - Computers
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