• DocumentCode
    849187
  • Title

    Radiation Induced Currents in Mineral Insulated Cables

  • Author

    Allan, C.J. ; Lynch, G.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Research Company Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories Chalk River, Ontario, Canada KOJ 1JO
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    763
  • Lastpage
    768
  • Abstract
    Mineral insulated (MI) cables used with self-powered flux detectors in CANDU reactors employ Inconel-600 as the sheath and core-wire material, and MgO as the insulation. A study was undertaken to obtain a more fundamental understanding of the current producing processes in such MI cables and to determine how these processes are related to cable geometry. A number of Inconel-Inconel cables were irradiated in the NRU and Pool Test reactors at CRNL, and a Gammacell-220 60CO irradiator. Additional data were obtained from the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station ´A´. The experimental results permit the selection of optimum cable geometries.
  • Keywords
    Cable insulation; Coaxial cables; Delay; Detectors; Electrons; Geometry; Inductors; Minerals; Neutrons; Radioactive materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1980.4330924
  • Filename
    4330924