Potential Application of Electrical Signature Analysis Methods for Monitoring Small Modular Reactor Components

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1108537

Damiano, Brian ^[1]; Tucker, Jr, Raymond W ^[1]; Haynes, Howard D ^[1]

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1. ORNL

This paper will describe the technical basis behind ESA and why we consider it a viable SMR condition monitoring technology. Concepts are presented of how ESA could be applied to monitor two candidate small modular reactor components: the main coolant pumps and the control rod drives. We believe the general health of these two components can be monitored and trended over time, using ESA methods. Our optimism is based on over two decades of ESA development and testing on a wide variety of components and systems, many of which have similar operational features to the main coolant pumps and control rod drives.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1108537
• Resource Relation: Conference: Seventh American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 20101107, 20101111
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English