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Method and apparatus for monitoring flux deviations in a nuclear reactor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5201342
A method and apparatus for sensitively monitoring flux deviations along a given core plane of a nuclear reactor as detected by a plurality of flux sensitive detectors positioned around the periphery of the core within the monitoring plane is described. The detector responses are averaged and the respective detector outputs exceeding the average are summed and compared to a preselected design setpoint. Sums of the detector outputs exceeding the setpoint are annunciated alerting the plant operator to take corrective action to avoid surpassing design limits.
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Patent Number(s):
US 4069097
OSTI ID:
5201342
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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