Development and application of core diagnostics and monitoring for the Ringhals PWRs
Journal article, 2003

Noise analysis and reactor diagnostics have been applied at the Ringhals PWRs for a long time. Through a collaboration with the Department of Reactor Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, methods for treating new problems were elaborated, and known methods were developed further to make them more effective or to suit specific applications. All these methods were tested in real measurements, and many of them have been used routinely afterwards. In this paper two particular new methods are described in detail: 1) the determination of the axial position of control rods from the axial shape of the neutron flux with neural network methods, and 2) the use of gamma thermometers for the determination of the MTC and for core flow estimation.

Author

Tell Andersson

Ringhals AB

Christophe Demaziere

Chalmers, Department of Reactor Physics

Albert Nagy

Ringhals AB

U. Sandberg

Ringhals AB

Imre Pazsit

Chalmers, Department of Reactor Physics

Ninos Garis

Chalmers

Progress in Nuclear Energy

0149-1970 (ISSN)

Vol. 43 1-4 35-41

Subject Categories

Other Engineering and Technologies

Other Physics Topics

Areas of Advance

Energy

DOI

10.1016/S0149-1970(03)00006-4

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