Analysis of pellet-to-pellet data from nuclear reactor fuel rod scanning systems
The problem of analyzing a sequence of measured points from a nuclear reactor fuel rod scanning system to detect a pellet outside of specifications is examined in detail. A theory of calculating the expected values of the measured points is presented which can be applied to any system with continuous scanning. Simple models are developed to accept or reject a fuel rod on the basis of the sequence of measured points. As an example, numerical results for optimizing various operating parameters and determining the sensitivity of a light water reactor fuel pellet-to-pellet system using the theory and the models are discussed. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-020812
- OSTI ID:
- 4327721
- Report Number(s):
- LA-5498-MS
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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