Developmoent of TRIGA-based experimental device for fiber optics in-core instrumentation testing for VHTRs Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Given the harsh environments of high temperature reactors, new in-core instrumentation has to be developed, since existing approaches may fail prematurely in VHTRs. The paper discusses ongoing efforts to support progress of suitable advanced in-core instrumentation technologies and develop an experimental approach for evaluation of their performance within VHTRs via emulation of VHTR in-core conditions in TRIGA reactors. Successful completion of the presented computational analysis concludes the first phase of the project. As demonstrated, it is proposed to use a high temperature furnace with fluence equivalency in operating TRIGA reactors.

published proceedings

  • International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2012, PHYSOR 2012: Advances in Reactor Physics

author list (cited authors)

  • Johns, J. M., & Tsvetkov, P. V.

complete list of authors

  • Johns, JM||Tsvetkov, PV

publication date

  • December 2012