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Revision as of 21:54, 2 January 2012
We propose to establish the infrastructure for a modern nuclear instrumentation laboratory that will attract and instruct students in methods directly applicable to nuclear engineering and physics related applications. Specifically, laboratory will be used for hands on training of the skill sets appropriate for serving the nuclear power fleet, national labs, or technology based industries for the next generation. The emphasis will be on real time insrumentation using modern digital equipment.
According to the IAEA, about 40% of the worlds operating nuclear reactors have modernized their analog based instrumentation and control systems with digital technology.
2008 reports
http://www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/upload/Nuclear-Readiness-Report-FINAL-2.pdf
Readiness of the U.S. Nuclear Workforce for 21st Century Challenges
A Report from the APS Panel on Public Affairs Committee on Energy and Environment , June 2008
pg 22 recommendation 7.2 1b
File:NUREG-CR-6992USNRC 2010 InsturnControlsinNucPowerPlantUpdate 2008.pdf
pg 83
"In the US-EPR, many subsystems within overall I&C systems are implemented with either the TXS or TXP platform, with some exceptions of hardwired implementations."
1997 report
ISBN: 978-0-309-05732-5, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, paperback (1997)Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants: Safety and Reliability Issues Committee on Application of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems to Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Safety, National Research Council
"Conclusion 2. The lack of actual design and implementation of large I&C systems for U.S. nuclear power plants makes it difficult to use learning from experience as a basis for im- proving how the nuclear industry and the USNRC deal with systems aspects."
MELTAC
section 9.3.2.1 on pg 91 of the 2008 report above indicates that the Instrumentation and Controls systems for the nuclear fleet may be based on the Mitsubishi Electric Total Advanced Controller Platform (MELTAC)
according to
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0930/ML093010325.pdf
On March 2 - 6, 2009, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an audit of
the Mitsubishi Electric Total Advanced Controller (MELTAC) digital platform at Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation’s (MELCO) Kobe, Japan facility. The MELTAC digital platform is described
in Topical Report MUAP-07005-P, “Safety System Digital Platform -MELTAC-,” Revision 3,
which was submitted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI). MELCO is the supplier of the
MELTAC platform to MHI. The enclosed report documents the audit findings that were
discussed on March 6, 2009, with Mr. Makoto Takashima of MHI, Mr. Katsumi Akagi of MELCO,
and members of their staff.
pg 14-17 has some topical points for this proposal.
Westinghouse Training Facility
http://www.nuclearcounterfeit.com/?tag=simulator
Budget
| Cost | Description |
| $50k | Target (Valeriia) |
| $30k | Target Enclosure (Valeriia) |
| $20k | beam monitors (FC Yujong) |
| $30k | GE fast and slow neutron detectors |
| $110 k | 5 DAQ workstation enhancements ($10k NIM modules, $1k lemo cables, $12k VME module, $2k host computer) |
| $50 k | 1 End Station DAQ system ($6k VME crate, $4k ROC, $3k trigger supervisor, $14k NIM modules, $1k cables, $20 k VME modules, $2k host computer,) |
http://www.ge-mcs.com/en/nuclear-reactor-instrumentation.html
Classroom experiments
Scintillator based neutron detection (Dan)
ToF?
Identification of nuclei using gamma spectroscopy (Valeriia)
HpGE
Neutron detection using ionization chambers (Tony)
He-3 tubes, fission chambers
Solid state neutron detectors (Tony?)
Gadolinium