• DocumentCode
    852687
  • Title

    Design, Development and Installation of a Wide Range Fission Chamber System a Summary

  • Author

    Wyckoff, R.D. ; Miller, J.F. ; Kroon, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Wiscasset, Maine
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    745
  • Lastpage
    748
  • Abstract
    The failure rate of B-10 lined proportional counters at the Maine Yankee PWR was excessively high and an intensive search was begun in 1976 for a solution to this problem. This paper addresses the salient aspects of the discovery through to the resolution of the failures. It encompasses the data and viewpoints of the three co-operating organizations, namely the plant, the system vendor and the detector supplier.
  • Keywords
    Cable shielding; Counting circuits; Detectors; Face detection; Inductors; Instruments; Interference; Personnel; Preamplifiers; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1981.4331271
  • Filename
    4331271