Continuous measurement of iodine concentration in the primary coolant of a nuclear power plant

Author

Kuroze, Yasuo ; Yamada, Masataka ; Shintani, Hirofumi ; Nunoko, Akira ; Murakami, Ryuji

Author_Institution

Kansai Electr. Power Co. Ltd., Japan

Volume

44

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

760

Lastpage

763

Abstract

Kansai Electric Power Company, Ltd. together with four other utilities in Japan (Kyushu EPCO, Shikoku EPCO, Hokkaido EPCO, JAPCO) and Nuclear Electric Ltd. have developed a reliable on-line automated Iodine Concentration Monitoring System (IMS) for use at nuclear power plants. This IMS uses recent technological advances to enable the detection of even very low iodine concentrations in the reactor coolant water. A patent has recently been issued to NEL for this system design. The EGS-4 Monte Carlo simulation code was used to optimize the design of this IMS. This paper describes how the EGS-4 code was used as a design tool for the IMS and its various components

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; fission reactor coolants; fission reactor cooling; fission reactor safety; iodine; EGS-4 code; I concentration measurement; Iodine Concentration Monitoring System; Monte Carlo; nuclear power plant; primary coolant; Coolants; Detectors; Fuels; Gamma ray detection; Inductors; Leak detection; Monitoring; Nuclear measurements; Power generation; Power measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.603747

Filename

603747