A digital neutron monitoring system for Tsing Hua Open-Pool Reactor (tHOR)

Author

Hsieh, Meng-Huan ; Chou, Hwai-Pwu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. & Syst. Sci., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2010

fDate

Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010

Firstpage

443

Lastpage

446

Abstract

In this paper, the analysis of digitizing the Campbell channel in wide range neutron monitoring (WRNM) system is introduced and a prototype digital neutron monitoring system of Campbell channel in Tsing Hua Open-Pool Reactor (THOR) is presented. The prototype system consists of a digital oscilloscope along with a portable computer for data acquisition and analysis. The Campbell waveform data is acquired from the preamplifier output of Chin-Shan Nuclear Power Plant (Chin-Shan NPP) and THOR. Various sampling conditions are investigated to obtain an optimal sampling frequency. The measurement result shows good agreement with the present calibrated power data.

Keywords

calibration; data acquisition; data analysis; high energy physics instrumentation computing; neutron detection; nuclear electronics; Campbell channel; Campbell waveform data; Chin-Shan nuclear power plant; Tsing Hua open-pool reactor; calibrated power data analysis; data acquisition; digital oscilloscope; optimal sampling frequency; prototype digital neutron monitoring system; wide range neutron monitoring system; Data acquisition; Inductors; Monitoring; Neutrons; Preamplifiers; Prototypes; Smoothing methods; Campbell Theorem; Digital Signal Processing; Wide Range Neutron Monitoring (WRNM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873798

Filename

5873798