A review of sensor calibration monitoring for calibration interval extension in nuclear power plants

JB Coble, RM Meyer, P Ramuhalli, LJ Bond… - 2012 - osti.gov
Currently in the United States, periodic sensor recalibration is required for all safety-related
sensors, typically occurring at every refueling outage, and it has emerged as a critical path …

Fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor technology development and demonstration roadmap

DE Holcomb, GF Flanagan, GT Mays, WD Pointer… - 2013 - osti.gov
Fluoride salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors (FHRs) are an emerging reactor class with
potentially advantageous performance characteristics, and fully passive safety. This …

Toward local core outlet temperature monitoring in gas-cooled nuclear reactors using distributed fiber-optic temperature sensors

HC Hyer, DR Giuliano, CM Petrie - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas-cooled nuclear reactors operate at temperatures up to 950℃ with significant spatial
variations in power generation and coolant flow through hundreds of parallel flow channels …

Automatic fracture characterization using tactile and proximity optical sensing

F Palermo, J Konstantinova, K Althoefer… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This paper demonstrates how tactile and proximity sensing can be used to perform
automatic mechanical fractures detection (surface cracks). For this purpose, a custom …

Experimental testing of additively manufactured embedded fiber optic smart devices for clean energy applications

CF Donlan, A Cabral, LB Carasik… - Smart Materials and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
An additively manufactured prototype smart device was created to investigate in-flow
temperature distributions using embedded high-definition fiber optic sensors within a …

Design Optimization of the Transformational Challenge Reactor Outlet Plenum

ND See, S Cetiner, BR Betzler - Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper will demonstrate the potential of modern design for additive manufacturing by
using computational fluid dynamics with design optimization. The Transformational …

[PDF][PDF] Design of Defensive Cybersecurity Architectures for High Temperature, Gas-Cooled Reactors

L Maccarone, MT Rowland, RJ Brulles, AS Hahn - 2024 - osti.gov
This report presents the design of defensive cybersecurity architectures (DCSAs) for High
Temperature, Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGRs). A DCSA is a cybersecurity design feature that …

Technical needs for prototypic prognostic technique demonstration for advanced small modular reactor passive components

RM Meyer, JB Coble, EH Hirt, P Ramuhalli, MR Mitchell… - 2013 - osti.gov
This report identifies a number of requirements for prognostics health management of
passive systems in AdvSMRs, documents technical gaps in establishing a prototypical …

On the Development of a Novel Acoustic Flowmeter for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

J Mao, V Petrov, A Manera, TK Howard… - Nuclear …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Measuring the flow rate in High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors is a challenge for
traditional flowmeters due to the high flow rate (10 to 15 m/s at nominal operating …

Robotic surface exploration with vision and tactile sensing for cracks detection and characterisation

F Palermo, B Omarali, C Oh, K Althoefer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a novel algorithm for crack localisation and detection based on visual
and tactile analysis via fibre-optics. A finger-shaped sensor based on fibre-optics is …