Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – With control of reactor – By electronic signal processing circuitry
Patent
1988-01-21
1989-02-07
Walsh, Donald P.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
With control of reactor
By electronic signal processing circuitry
376217, 364513, G21C 736
Patent
active
048030406
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for surveillance and diagnosis of breached fuel elements in a nuclear reactor. A delayed neutron monitoring system provides output signals indicating the delayed neutron activity and age and the equivalent recoil areas of a breached fuel element. Sensors are used to provide outputs indicating the status of each component of the delayed neutron monitoring system. Detectors also generate output signals indicating the reactor power level and the primary coolant flow rate of the reactor. The outputs from the detectors and sensors are interfaced with an artificial intelligence-based knowledge system which implements predetermined logic and generates output signals indicating the operability of the reactor.
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Gottlieb Paul A.
Hightower Judson R.
Siller, Jr. Gustavo
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Walsh Donald P.
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