Installation and Final Testing of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) to Support Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor

doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356214

Title: Installation and Final Testing of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) to Support Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating tests of reactor fuel for use in an Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR). The AGR will use helium coolant, a low-power-density ceramic core, and coated-particle fuel. A series of eight (8) fuel irradiation tests are planned for the Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL’s) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). One important measure of fuel performance in these tests is quantification of the fission gas releases over the nominal 2-year duration of each irradiation experiment. This test objective will be met using the AGR Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) which includes seven (7) on-line detection stations viewing each of the six test capsule effluent lines (plus one spare). Each station incorporates both a heavily-shielded high-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray spectrometer for quantification of the isotopic releases, and a NaI(Tl) scintillation detector to monitor the total count rate and identify the timing of the releases. The AGR-1 experiment will begin irradiation after October 1, 2006. To support this experiment, the FPMS has been completely assembled, tested, and calibrated in a laboratory at the INL, and then reassembled and tested in its final location in the ATR reactor basement. This paper presents the details of the equipment performance, the controlmore »« less

Authors:: Hartwell, J K; Scates, D M; Drigert, M W; Walter, J B

Publication Date:: 2006-10-01

Research Org.:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Sponsoring Org.:: DOE - NE

OSTI Identifier:: 911809

Report Number(s):: INL/CON-06-11288
TRN: US0800150

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC07-99ID-13727

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium,San Diego, CA,10/30/2006,11/04/2006

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 - INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ATR REACTOR; CERAMICS; DETECTION; FISSION; FISSION PRODUCTS; GERMANIUM; HELIUM; IRRADIATION; MONITORING; MONITORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTROMETERS; TEST REACTORS; TESTING; fission product monitoring; gamma-ray spectrometry

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                    Hartwell, J K, Scates, D M, Drigert, M W, and Walter, J B. Installation and Final Testing of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) to Support Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
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                    Hartwell, J K, Scates, D M, Drigert, M W, & Walter, J B. Installation and Final Testing of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) to Support Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356214

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                    Hartwell, J K, Scates, D M, Drigert, M W, and Walter, J B. Sun .  
        "Installation and Final Testing of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) to Support Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356214.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/911809.

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  title        = {Installation and Final Testing of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) to Support Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor},

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  abstractNote = {The US Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating tests of reactor fuel for use in an Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR). The AGR will use helium coolant, a low-power-density ceramic core, and coated-particle fuel. A series of eight (8) fuel irradiation tests are planned for the Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL’s) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). One important measure of fuel performance in these tests is quantification of the fission gas releases over the nominal 2-year duration of each irradiation experiment. This test objective will be met using the AGR Fission Product Monitoring System (FPMS) which includes seven (7) on-line detection stations viewing each of the six test capsule effluent lines (plus one spare). Each station incorporates both a heavily-shielded high-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray spectrometer for quantification of the isotopic releases, and a NaI(Tl) scintillation detector to monitor the total count rate and identify the timing of the releases. The AGR-1 experiment will begin irradiation after October 1, 2006. To support this experiment, the FPMS has been completely assembled, tested, and calibrated in a laboratory at the INL, and then reassembled and tested in its final location in the ATR reactor basement. This paper presents the details of the equipment performance, the control and acquisition software, the test plan for the irradiation monitoring, and the installation in the ATR basement. Preliminary on-line data may be available by the Conference date.},

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