Published July 1985 | Version v1
Report

Temperature noise analysis on a LMFBR defective fuel pin irradiated in a sodium loop

Description

In the common CEA-ENEA-KfK Volga program, LMFBR fuel pins with initial defects are irradiated in a sodium loop in the high flux Siloe reactor at CEN Grenoble. In the RS1 experiment of this program, the thermopump facility was additionally instrumented with fast thermocouples to study the thermal fluctuation in the coolant sodium. Thermal noise was analyzed in the frequency and time domain as a tool for early detection and follow-up of the evolution of failures in the pin. The results thereby obtained compare well with the standard Delayed Neutron signals analysis. (author)

Part of:
Methods and tools to detect thermal noise in fast reactors

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Methods and tools to detect thermal noise in fast reactors
Imprint Pagination
229 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 209-229.
Report number
ENEA-RT-TIB--85/17

Conference

Title
Specialists' meeting on methods and tools to detect thermal noise in fast reactors.
Dates
8-10 Oct 1984.
Place
Bologna (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
18002735
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FAILED ELEMENT DETECTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUEL PINS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; TEMPERATURE NOISE; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
BREEDER REACTORS; DETECTION; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NOISE; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
3 refs, 8 figs, 5 tabs.
Secondary number(s)
IWGFR--55.