Improvements in TREAT hodoscope fuel-motion capabilities
The fast-neutron detection system of the hadoscope has been a major ingredient in the success of the hodoscope as a fuel-motion monitoring device. While the original Hornyak-button detector system has met most of the current fuel-motion needs, the more stringent requirements of improved reactor-safety codes, and of new experimental test facilities necessitate improved detection capabilities. Development efforts have centered on three areas: the construction of an array of proton-recoil proportional counters to be used in conjunction with the Hornyak-button detectors, the upgrading of the Hornyak-button detectors to increase linearity and signal-to-background ratio, and the intercalibration of detectors using a modified horizontal and a new vertical scan system.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6400759
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820406-30; ON: DE83008865
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANS topical meeting on fast, thermal and fusion reactor experiments, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 12 Apr 1982; Other Information: Microfiche only, copy does not permit paper copy reproduction
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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