Final qualification of an industrial wide range neutron instrumentation in the OSIRIS MTR reactor

Author

Barbot, L. ; Normand, S. ; Pasdeloup, P. ; Lescop, B.

Author_Institution

Lab. Capteur et Archit. Electroniques, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This work deals with the final qualification of the IRINA in-core neutron flux measurement system in the MTR OSIRIS reactor. A specific irradiation device has been set up to validate the last changes in the complete system (electronic, transmitting cable and monitor). Experimental results shows the IRINA measurement system meet entirely the in-core reactor conditions requirements: a thermal neutron flux from 10⁷ n.cm^-2.s^-1 up to 1014 n.cm^-2.s^-1 and a temperature of 300°C during a minimum operating time of 1000 hours.

Keywords

fission reactor core control; fission reactor design; fission reactor instrumentation; fission reactor theory; fission research reactors; neutron transport theory; IRINA in-core neutron flux measurement system; IRINA measurement system; OSIRIS MTR reactor; in-core condition; industrial wide range neutron instrumentation; operating time; temperature 300 degC; thermal neutron flux; transmission cable; Detectors; Electronics industry; Inductors; Industrial electronics; Instruments; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Neutrons; Qualifications; Reactor instrumentation; Fission Chamber; In-Core Neutron Measurements; MTR Reactor; Wide Range Instrumentation;

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.2009.5503828

Filename

5503828