Development and application of core diagnostics and monitoring for the Ringhals PWRS

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 1-4 SPEC, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Andersson, T ^a   Demaziere C ^b   Nagy, A ^a   Sandberg, U ^a   Garis, N S ^c   Pazsit I ^b  

^a RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Control rod position; Core flow; Gamma Thermometer (GT); Moderator Temperature Coefficient (MTC); Neural networks; PWR diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CONDITION MONITORING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; THERMOMETERS;

CONTROL ROD POSITION; CORE FLOW ESTIMATION; GAMMA THERMOMETER; MODERATOR TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0038754919     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(03)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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