Research towards ultrasonic systems to assist in-vessel manipulations in liquid metal cooled reactors
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Dierckx, Marc; Van Dyck, Dries
- Source
- 2013 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA) Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on. :1-10 Jun, 2013
- Subject
- Engineering Profession
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Signal Processing and Analysis
Acoustics
Liquids
Steel
Inductors
Absorption
Fuels
MYRRHA
ultrasound
liquid metal
LBE
- Language
We describe the state of the art of the research towards ultrasonic measurement methods for use in lead-bismuth cooled liquid metal reactors. Our current research activities are highly focused on specific tasks in the MYRRHA system, which is a fast spectrum research reactor cooled with the eutectic mixture of lead and bismuth (LBE) and is conceived as an accelerator driven system capable of operating in both sub-critical and critical mode.