GB2018421A - A device for measuring local power in a nuclear reactor fuel assembly - Google Patents

A device for measuring local power in a nuclear reactor fuel assembly

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GB2018421A
GB2018421A GB7909545A GB7909545A GB2018421A GB 2018421 A GB2018421 A GB 2018421A GB 7909545 A GB7909545 A GB 7909545A GB 7909545 A GB7909545 A GB 7909545A GB 2018421 A GB2018421 A GB 2018421A
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gamma
rod
nuclear reactor
fuel assembly
local power
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Electricite de France SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/10—Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure with sensitive instruments, e.g. for measuring radioactivity, strain
    • G21C17/112—Measuring temperature
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Radiation (AREA)
  • Measuring Temperature Or Quantity Of Heat (AREA)

Abstract

The measuring devices comprises a thermally and electrically conducting rod 7 having a number of regions 9 along its length, each forming a gamma- radiation thermometer. Each region comprises a thermal bridge 8 and a cold source 9 formed respectively by thick and thin sections of the rod 7; gamma- radiation absorbed in the rod causes the temperature of the thicker section to rise relative to that of the thinner one. A pair of thermocouple junctions 14, 15 produce signals representing the temperature difference of the two sections, from which the power produced by the fuel pencils 2 near each gamma- thermometer region is deduced. The area 10 bounded by the optional sheath 7a may be filled with an inert gas or evacuated. <IMAGE>
GB7909545A 1978-03-21 1979-03-19 Device for measuring local power in a nuclesr reactor fuelassembly Expired GB2018421B (en)

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US05/888,881 US4298430A (en) 1977-03-23 1978-03-21 Apparatus for determining the local power generation rate in a nuclear reactor fuel assembly

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JP (1) JPS54158591A (en)
BE (1) BE874866A (en)
DE (1) DE2910927C2 (en)
ES (1) ES478846A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2420827A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2018421B (en)
IT (1) IT1118443B (en)
NO (1) NO148577C (en)
SE (2) SE449040B (en)

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FR2470381A1 (en) * 1979-11-23 1981-05-29 Electricite De France Determining local state of fluid in pressure vessel - using thermoelectric heat detector to measure heat exchange coefft.
FR2498765A1 (en) * 1981-01-29 1982-07-30 Electricite De France IMPROVED GAMMA RAY THERMOMETER FOR HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT
FR2499253A1 (en) * 1981-01-30 1982-08-06 Electricite De France APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN SITU CALIBRATION OF GAMMA RAY THERMOMETER IN SERVICE IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR
EP0064008A1 (en) * 1981-04-24 1982-11-03 Electricite De France Device for locally measuring the power in a nuclear reactor
EP0064446A1 (en) * 1981-04-24 1982-11-10 Electricite De France Device for measuring the local power production in a nuclear reactor, and method to calibrate the device
EP0066516A1 (en) * 1981-05-27 1982-12-08 Electricite De France Device for checking the coolant condition in a nuclear reactor
EP0157132A1 (en) * 1984-03-20 1985-10-09 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Reactor monitoring assembly
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US4411859A (en) * 1979-06-13 1983-10-25 Scandpower, Inc. Gamma sensor having combined thermal bridge and centering means
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JPS57146195A (en) * 1981-03-06 1982-09-09 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Nuclear reactor power detecting device
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JPS5851299U (en) * 1981-10-05 1983-04-07 株式会社東芝 Furnace monitoring device
EP0243579B1 (en) * 1986-02-03 1990-08-29 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Gamma thermometer
JP3462885B2 (en) * 1993-03-11 2003-11-05 株式会社東芝 Reactor power measurement apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
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FR1437184A (en) * 1964-06-16 1966-04-29 Licentia Gmbh Apparatus intended for the measurement of a neutron flux
FR2385187A1 (en) * 1977-03-23 1978-10-20 Electricite De France LOCAL POWER MEASUREMENT DEVICE IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL ASSEMBLY
US4149932A (en) * 1977-03-25 1979-04-17 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Emergency disconnect means for the manipulator arm of a nuclear reactor vessel inspection apparatus

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2470381A1 (en) * 1979-11-23 1981-05-29 Electricite De France Determining local state of fluid in pressure vessel - using thermoelectric heat detector to measure heat exchange coefft.
FR2498765A1 (en) * 1981-01-29 1982-07-30 Electricite De France IMPROVED GAMMA RAY THERMOMETER FOR HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT
FR2499253A1 (en) * 1981-01-30 1982-08-06 Electricite De France APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN SITU CALIBRATION OF GAMMA RAY THERMOMETER IN SERVICE IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR
EP0064008A1 (en) * 1981-04-24 1982-11-03 Electricite De France Device for locally measuring the power in a nuclear reactor
EP0064446A1 (en) * 1981-04-24 1982-11-10 Electricite De France Device for measuring the local power production in a nuclear reactor, and method to calibrate the device
EP0066516A1 (en) * 1981-05-27 1982-12-08 Electricite De France Device for checking the coolant condition in a nuclear reactor
EP0157132A1 (en) * 1984-03-20 1985-10-09 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Reactor monitoring assembly
US4708844A (en) * 1984-03-20 1987-11-24 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Reactor monitoring assembly
US9251920B2 (en) 2012-04-11 2016-02-02 Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy America Llc In-situ and external nuclear reactor severe accident temperature and water level probes

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FR2420827B1 (en) 1984-12-07
NO148577B (en) 1983-07-25
JPS6161360B2 (en) 1986-12-25
FR2420827A1 (en) 1979-10-19
SE458405B (en) 1989-03-20
JPS54158591A (en) 1979-12-14
SE449040B (en) 1987-03-30
SE8401872D0 (en) 1984-04-04
SE7902418L (en) 1979-09-22
DE2910927C2 (en) 1986-05-07
SE8401872L (en) 1984-04-04
NO781773L (en) 1979-09-24
DE2910927A1 (en) 1979-10-11
NO148577C (en) 1983-11-09
BE874866A (en) 1979-07-02
GB2018421B (en) 1982-12-01
IT7967579A0 (en) 1979-03-20
ES478846A1 (en) 1979-12-16
IT1118443B (en) 1986-03-03

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