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On the neutron noise diagnostics of pressurized water reactor control rod vibrations II. Stochastic vibrations

Journal Article · · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-4· OSTI ID:6280321
In an earlier publication, using the theory of neutron fluctuations induced by a vibrating control rod, a complete formal solution of rod vibration diagnostics based on neutron noise measurements was given in terms of Fourier-transformed neutron detector time signals. The suggested procedure was checked in numerical simulation tests where only periodic vibrations could be considered. The procedure and its numerical testing are elaborated for stochastic two-dimensional vibrations. A simple stochastic theory of two-dimensional flow-induced vibrations is given; then the diagnostic method is formulated in the stochastic case, that is, in terms of neutron detector auto- and crosspower spectra. A previously suggested approximate rod localization technique is also formulated in the stochastic case. Applicability of the methods is then investigated in numerical simulation tests, using the proposed model of stochastic two-dimensional vibrations when generating neutron detector spectra that simulate measured data.
Research Organization:
Central Research Inst. for Physics, Budapest
OSTI ID:
6280321
Journal Information:
Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 88:1; ISSN NSENA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English