Development of a fiber-coupled laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument for analysis of underwater debris in a nuclear reactor core

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 930-938

  Saeki, Morihisa ^a   Iwanade, Akio ^a   Ito, Chikara ^a   Wakaida, Ikuo ^a   Thornton, Blair ^b   Sakka, Tetsuo ^c   Ohba, Hironori ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

high radiation field; Inspection; laser; post irradiation examination; single pulse breakdown with gas flow, double pulse breakdown; transportable fiber coupled LIBS instrument; underwater debris

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DEBRIS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FLOW OF GASES; INSPECTION; INSTRUMENTS; LASERS; MIXTURES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CALIBRATION CURVES; COMPONENT ELEMENTS; DOUBLE PULSE; FUEL CLADDING; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; HIGH-RADIATION FIELD; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); POSTIRRADIATION EXAMINATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 84903269799     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2014.917996     Document Type: Article

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