Methods and instrumentation for investigating hall sensors during their irradiation in nuclear research reactors

Author

Bolshakova, I. ; Chekanov, V. ; Duran, I. ; Holyaka, R. ; Konopleva, R. ; Kulikov, S. ; Leroy, C. ; Makido, E. ; Marusenkov, A. ; Moreau, P.J. ; Nazarkin, I. ; Shurygin, F. ; Stockel, J. ; Vayakis, G. ; Yerashok, V.

Author_Institution

Magn. Sensor Lab., Lviv Polytech. Nat. Univ., Lviv, Ukraine

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Present work discusses the issues of creating the instrumentation for testing the semiconductor magnetic field sensors during their irradiation with neutrons in nuclear reactors up to fluences similar to neutron fluences in steady-state sensor locations in ITER. The novelty of the work consists in Hall sensor parameters being investigated: first, directly during the irradiation (in real time), and, second, at high irradiation levels (fast neutron fluence > 10¹⁸n/cm²). Developed instrumentation has been successfully tested and applied in the research experiments on radiation stability of magnetic sensors in IBR-2 (JINR, Dubna) and VVR-M (PNPI, Saint-Petersburg) reactors.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; magnetic sensors; neutron detection; neutron flux; Hall sensor; ITER; neutron fluence; neutron irradiation; nuclear research reactor; semiconductor magnetic field sensor; steady state sensor; Electromagnets; Inductors; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Neutrons; Plasma confinement; Plasma measurements; Reactor instrumentation; Testing; Toroidal magnetic fields; Nuclear radiation effects; Nuclear reactors; Semiconductor materials measurements; Sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5207-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5208-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503722

Filename

5503722