• DocumentCode
    798022
  • Title

    Precision of Shutdown Margin Measurements Using the Two-Frequency Reactor Noise Technique in an LMFBR

  • Author

    Buhl, A.R. ; Ackermann, N.J., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1971
  • Firstpage
    430
  • Lastpage
    434
  • Abstract
    The precision of reactor noise techniques for measuring subcritical reactivity can be related to detector efficiency and parameters of the measuring instrumentation. Using a two-detector cross-correlation technique, we have determined that such measurements can be made in a certain fast reactor (the FFTF) to -3 to -5 dollars with acceptable statistics and measurement times.
  • Keywords
    Detectors; Frequency; Inductors; Measurement standards; Neutrons; Noise measurement; Reactor instrumentation; Signal analysis; Signal detection; Standards development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1971.4325904
  • Filename
    4325904