A REACTOR SAFETY SYSTEM USING TRANSISTORS AND SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS

Journal Article · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1960 · IRE Trans. Nuclear Sci.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS2.1960.4315777· OSTI ID:4111752

Trenholme, W M

An all-semiconductor reactor safety system is described which consists of a d-c amplifier, an adjustable trip level bistable circuit, a diode logic circuit, and a power switching circuit. The d-c amplifier is a simple emitter follower transistor stage. Three transistors are used in the bistable circuit, two in a Schmitt-trigger arrangement and one as an output drive. The diode logic circuit uses a combination of OR and AND gates to give 2-out-of-3 coincidence of the bistable circuit outputs. A unijunction transistor and two silicon- controlled rectifiers are the active elements in the power switching circuit. These components are particularly well suited for the on-off control needed in reactors and the circuitry is reasonably fail-safe. ( auth)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., West Lynn, Mass.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-15-005798
• OSTI ID: 4111752
• Journal Information: IRE Trans. Nuclear Sci., Journal Name: IRE Trans. Nuclear Sci. Vol. Vol: NS-7, No. 4
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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AMPLIFIERS
ANTIHYPERONS
CAPTURE
CIRCUITS
COINCIDENCE METHODS
CONTROL
COSMIC RADIATION
DECAY
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EMISSION
ENERGY RANGE
HYPERONS
INTERACTIONS
KAONS
MEASURED VALUES
NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE TRACKS
POWER SUPPLIES
PRODUCTION
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
RECTIFIERS
SEMICONDUCTORS
SILICON
STRANGE PARTICLES
STRANGENESS
SWITCHES
TRANSISTORS