Graphite core condition monitoring through intelligent analysis of fuel grab load trace data

West, Graeme and Jahn, Gordon and Mcarthur, Stephen and Reed, Jim; Neighbour, Gareth B, ed. (2007) Graphite core condition monitoring through intelligent analysis of fuel grab load trace data. In: Management of ageing processes in graphite reactor cores. Royal Society of Chemistry, GBR, pp. 232-239. ISBN 9780854043453

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Abstract

As a graphite core ages, there is an increased requirement to monitor the distortions within the core to permit safe continued operation of the station. In addition to existing monitoring and inspection, new methods of providing information relating to the core are being investigated.