Representative Source Terms and the Influence of Reactor Attributes on Functional Containment in Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

2013 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Petti ◽  
R. R. Hobbins ◽  
P. Lowry ◽  
H. Gougar
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengqi Lou ◽  
Liguo Zhang ◽  
Feng Xie ◽  
Jianzhu Cao ◽  
Jiejuan Tong ◽  
...  

After the successful construction and operation experience of the 10 MW high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR-10), a high-temperature gas-cooled pebble-bed modular (HTR-PM) demonstration plant is under construction in Shidao Bay, Rongcheng City, Shandong province, China. An online gross γ monitoring instrument has been designed and placed at the exit of the helium purification system (HPS) of HTR-PM and is used to detect the activity concentration in the primary circuit after purification. The source terms in the primary loop of HTR-PM and the helium purification process were described. The detailed configuration of the gross γ monitoring instrument was presented in detail. The Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the detection efficiency of the monitoring system. Since the actual source terms in the primary loop of HTR-PM may be different than the current design values, a sensitivity analysis of the detection efficiency was implemented based on different relative proportions of the nuclides. The accuracy and resolution of the NaI(Tl) detector were discussed as well.


Author(s):  
N.J. Tighe ◽  
H.M. Flower ◽  
P.R. Swann

A differentially pumped environmental cell has been developed for use in the AEI EM7 million volt microscope. In the initial version the column of gas traversed by the beam was 5.5mm. This permited inclusion of a tilting hot stage in the cell for investigating high temperature gas-specimen reactions. In order to examine specimens in the wet state it was found that a pressure of approximately 400 torr of water saturated helium was needed around the specimen to prevent dehydration. Inelastic scattering by the water resulted in a sharp loss of image quality. Therefore a modified cell with an ‘airgap’ of only 1.5mm has been constructed. The shorter electron path through the gas permits examination of specimens at the necessary pressure of moist helium; the specimen can still be tilted about the side entry rod axis by ±7°C to obtain stereopairs.


Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Nesterovich ◽  
Oleg G. Penyazkov ◽  
Yu. A. Stankevich ◽  
M. S. Tretyak ◽  
Vladimir V. Chuprasov ◽  
...  

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur F. McLean ◽  
Eugene A. Fisher ◽  
Raymond J. Bratton ◽  
Donald G. Miller

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