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Title: Sensors Synergistic With Nature For In-pile Nuclear Reactor Measurements

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OSTI ID:1133860

To be able to evolve fuel and structural microstructure within a nuclear power reactor in an engineered manner, an effective extreme environment sensor must exist. The development of sensor technology for nondestructive and nonintrusive measurements in harsh environments is a very active field. However most of the effort has been in adapting existing sensing technology to meet the harsh environmental requirements. A different approach is being presented. The fundamental question that we are trying to answer is how do we take advantage of the harsh environment and maintain synergy between the sensor and the environment. This paper will discuss the synergistic senor being developed that takes advantage of the harsh environments.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE - NE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1133860
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-12-26903
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2012Future of Instrumentation International Workshop (FIIW), Park Vista Hotel, Gatlinburg, Tennessee,10/08/2012,10/09/2012
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English