A method of water level detection in boiling water reactors using the 16N decay

Kerntechnik

Volumn 67, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 296-298

  Owrang, Farshid ^a   Mattsson, Håkan ^a   Nordlund, Anders ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NITROGEN; VIDEO CAMERAS; WATER LEVELS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON SOURCES;

REACTOR VESSELS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

BGO DETECTOR; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; EXPERIMENTAL SET UP; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FAST NEUTRONS; NEUTRON GENERATORS; VERTICAL PIPES; WATER LEVEL DETECTIONS; WATER LEVEL MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 0036865816     PISSN: 09323902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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