Neutron-gamma flux and dose calculations for feasibility study of DISCOMS instrumentation in case of severe accident in a GEN 3 reactor
The present paper presents the study carried out in the frame of the DISCOMS project, which stands for “DIstributed Sensing for COrium Monitoring and Safety”. This study concerns the calculation of the neutron and gamma radiations received by the considered instrumentation during the normal reactor...
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Published in | EPJ Web of Conferences Vol. 153; p. 7030 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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01.01.2017
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Summary: | The present paper presents the study carried out in the frame of the DISCOMS project, which stands for “DIstributed Sensing for COrium Monitoring and Safety”. This study concerns the calculation of the neutron and gamma radiations received by the considered instrumentation during the normal reactor operation as well as in case of a severe accident for the EPR reactor, outside the reactor pressure vessel and in the containment basemat. This paper summarizes the methods and hypotheses used for the particle transport simulation outside the vessel during normal reactor operation. The results of the simulations are then presented including the responses for distributed Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS), such as the gamma dose and the fast neutron fluence, and for Self Powered Neutron Detectors (SPNDs), namely the neutron and gamma spectra. Same responses are also evaluated for severe accident situations in order to design the SPNDs being sensitive to the both types of received neutron-gamma radiation. By contrast, fibers, involved as transducers in distributed OFS have to resist to the total radiation gamma dose and neutron fluence received during normal operation and the severe accident. |
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ISSN: | 2100-014X 2101-6275 2100-014X |
DOI: | 10.1051/epjconf/201715307030 |