Design of a 150-miniature detectors 3D core-mapping system for the CROCUS reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 The present article provides an overview of the design of a three-dimensional (3D) full-core mapping system for the CROCUS reactor, operated at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
Vitullo Fanny +6 more
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Local and high distance neutron and gamma measurements of fuel rods oscillation experiments [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 We report in the present article on the successful observation using noise analysis of the lateral oscillation of one fuel rod by ±2.5 mm around nominal at 0.1 Hz frequency, using an mm3 miniature neutron scintillator at the rod level, and a BGO gamma ...
Lamirand Vincent +6 more
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An Experimental Programme optimized with Uncertainty Propagation: PETALE in the CROCUS Reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 The PETALE experimental programme in the CROCUS reactor at EPFL intends to contribute to the validation and improvement of neutron nuclear data in the MeV energy range for stainless steel, particularly in the prospect of heavy reflector elements of ...
Lamirand Vincent +7 more
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Data Acquisition System Prototype of the ITER Diagnostic Divertor Neutron Flux Monitor Testing at Research Nuclear Facilities [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 The Divertor nuclear flux monitor (DNFM) is one of the ITER neutron diagnostics. This diagnostic consists of the three same subsystems. Each subsystem concludes the detector module with fission chambers (FCs) and the data acquisition system (DAQ).
Martazov E.S. +8 more
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Flux and Nuclear Heating Rate Calculations for CALORRE Irradiation in MITR [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 This work summarizes neutronic calculations performed for the CALORRE differential calorimeter specifically designed by Aix Marseille University to inform the irradiation campaign planning for testing in MITR within the framework of the CALOR-I research ...
Hauptman S. +5 more
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The core surveillance system SCORPIO and its validation against measured pressurised-water reactor plant data [PDF]
Modeling, Identification and Control, 1987 The computerised core surveillance system SCORPIO is described. Main modules in the system arc an interactive communication system with a function keyboard and a fully graphic colour screen; a strategy generator which proposes how to operate the reactor ...
Øivind Berg +2 more
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CEA-JSI Experimental Benchmark for validation of the modeling of neutron and gamma-ray detection instrumentation used in the JSI TRIGA reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 Constant improvements of the computational power and methods as well as demands of accurate and reliable measurements for reactor operation and safety require a continuous upgrade of the instrumentation.
Fausser Clément +18 more
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Instrument Base of the Reactor PIK
Crystallography Reports, 2021 Abstract The program of developing the instrument base of reactor complex PIK is reviewed. This program is carried out in correspondence with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No.
M. V. Kovalchuk +3 more
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NEW SCRAM EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE AT TRAINING REACTOR VR-1 [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 The paper deals with design of new SCRAM experimental device at Training reactor VR-1. Crucial works cowers the detector development, transient calculations and principal design of the device. Conceptual design will be prepared in 2019–2020.
Novak Ondrej, Sklenka Lubomir
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THERMOCOAX rhodium SPND sensitivity dispersion and validation of the sensitivity calculation model [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2020 This paper describes the neutron irradiation tests of 7 THERMOCOAX Self-Powered Neutron detectors (SPNDs) in the BR1 reactor at SCK•CEN. The SPNDs were fabricated according to the same specifications, but from different fabrication batches.
Vermeeren L. +4 more
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