Contributions to research reactor safety, operations and modifications
Creators
- 1. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Wuerenlingen (Switzerland). Lab. fuer Reaktorphysik und Systemtechnik
Description
The 10 MWth reactor, SAPHIR, and the zero-power facility, PROTEUS, are the two research reactors operated by the Paul Scherrer Institute. Two papers related to the operational safety of these facilities were presented at the Intern. Symp. on Research Reator Safety, Operations and Modifications held at Chalk River, Canada, Oct 23-27, 1989. The contribution concerning SAPHIR addresses a particular aspect of reactor operation, viz. the development and application of a quick and efficient method for the detection of small fuel element defects via on-line γ-spectroscopy of the primary coolant. The paper related to PROTEUS, on the other hand, is an overall assessment of the safety-related experience acquired during the last 8-9 years, i.e., in the context of reactor configurations with tight plutonium-containing LWR test lattices. (author) 5 figs., 2 tabs., 13 refs
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 28 p.
- Report number
- PSI--46
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 21015150
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FUEL ELEMENTS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; KRYPTON 89; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; OXYGEN 19; PROTEUS REACTOR; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SAFETY; SAPHIR REACTOR; XENON 137; XENON 138
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUELS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; OPERATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POOL TYPE REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SAFETY; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SOLID FUELS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; XENON ISOTOPES