Acoustic Sensor for In-Pile Fuel Rod Fission Gas Release Measurement

Fourmentel, D.; Villard, J-F.; Ferrandis, Jean‐Yves; Augereau, F.; Rosenkrantz, Eric; Dierckx, Marc

doi:10.1109/tns.2010.2090899

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“…As a result, the gas sensors employed should have long-term stability under the nuclear radiation. It is reported that acoustic wave gas sensors can survive and keep a long-term sensitivity under nuclear radiation with a maximum operating temperature of 140°C [31] , however, the research on the gas sensors under nuclear radiation is still under development and requires further efforts to build it up.…”

Section: Nuclear Facilitiesmentioning

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High‐Temperature Gas Sensors for Harsh Environment Applications: A Review

Ghosh

Zhang

Hai-feng

2019

CLEAN Soil Air Water

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This review paper introduces various types of gas sensors operating at high temperatures and their mechanisms, which can provide solutions to gas sensor selection for harsh environment application. Most of the gas sensors are found to be functioning at moderate operating temperatures (<400°C) and only a few reports are available, which highlight gas-sensing performance above 400°C. Therefore, the selection of a more reliable high-temperature gas sensor is necessary and advantageous for applications in areas such as agricultural waste processes (such as pyrolysis processes), military facilities, nuclear power plants, and automobile industries. In this paper, three major parts have been conducted to address the importance of high-temperature gas sensors and provide strategical solution for gas sensor selection. First, we have highlighted the application scenario and the sensing mechanism of various gas sensors operating at high temperature. Additionally, factors that affect sensing performance at moderate operating temperature have been investigated. Secondly, we have discussed the effect of material compositions, morphology of the nanostructures, and the use of dopants on sensing performance of high temperature gas sensors. Meanwhile, the catalytic nature of the sensing layer and temperature effect on chemisorption in oxide-based sensors have been discussed meticulously. Lastly, future challenges including factors affecting various sensor performance, selection, and preparation of sensing materials operating at higher temperatures are explored systematically.

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Section: Nuclear Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

High‐Temperature Gas Sensors for Harsh Environment Applications: A Review

Ghosh

Zhang

Hai-feng

2019

CLEAN Soil Air Water

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“…The speed of the wave depends, among other things, on the atomic composition of the gas. The theoretical principle of sensor operation was demonstrated experimentally in 2010 in the OSIRIS reactor (CEA Saclay, Paris) by a sensor named CACP-1 [3], [4]. The principle of the measurement was to monitor gaseous releases from fuel pellets, which are either MOX or UO2, during reactor operation.…”

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Characterization and performance of an acoustic sensor for fission gas release characterization devoted to JHR environment measurements

Baudry,

Rosenkrantz,

Combette

et al. 2023

EPJ Web Conf.

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For over a decade, the IES laboratory has been working in collaboration with the CEA on the development of acoustic instrumentation in the nuclear field. As part of this collaboration, the IES acoustics team is developing a miniaturized gas composition sensor for in situ measurements of gas composition in a fuel rod. The first experimental use of an acoustic sensor to measure gas composition dates back to 2010 with the REMORA 3 experiment, which estimated the release of fission gas in an experimental fuel rod. Unlike the sensor tested during REMORA 3, this new sensor should be able to operate at 300°C, a performance made possible by the use of a piezoelectric element based on bismuth titanate (NBT). The material is screen-printed onto an alumina substrate. The manufacturing process and initial characterization were presented in the previous version of ANIMMA 2021 [1]. In this article, we will focus on the performance of this type of sensor by characterizing different gas mixtures representative of the gases inside a fuel rod, in order to estimate relative deviations under laboratory conditions.

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“…and bonding techniques, to develop a dedicated ultrasonic transducer in the MHz frequency range (typically 4 MHz). A selection was made after carrying out preliminary gamma irradiation tests (CEA facility, 1.5 MGy), mixed gamma and neutron irradiation tests in SCK•CEN BR1 reactor [144], and a full-scale device with PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate piezoelectric ceramic) was successfully tested during a two-year exposure in hot cell surroundings at CEA LECA-STAR facility [145]. In the REMORA 3 experiment in OSIRIS reactor [146] at 144°C max with a PZT transducer, signal degradations were observed in phase 1 for high neutron fluences: ∼10 19 thermal n/cm 2 , 2.5 Â 10 18 epithermal n/cm 2 , 2.4 Â 10 18 fast n/cm 2 according to the revised data given in [147].…”

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“…In some cases assessments have been made directly in real conditions in a power reactor (TUSHT of Sonar device in Phenix reactor), as long as it was possible. In other cases, they are performed in experimental or research reactors in France (OSIRIS), Belgium (BR1, BR2), Norway (HBWR), USA (ATR), for example [25,82,144,146,147,[150][151][152][153][154][155]. Some convenient experimental adaptations may be necessary to perform remote electric and acoustic measurements via mechanical bounding to a delay line, and to control the experimental conditions (irradiation, temperature), within volume limitations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To this, CEA-DER, IES Montpellier and SCK•CEN in a Joint Instrumentation laboratory, have developed a non-destructive acoustical method and sensor to measure the pressure and composition of a helium-xenon-krypton gas mixture [144,146,176]. A small cavity coupled to the plenum of fuel rod, initially filed with helium, is equipped with a piezoelectric transmitter-receiver.…”

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Nuclear instrumentation and measurement: a review based on the ANIMMA conferences

Giot

Vermeeren

Lyoussi

et al. 2017

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol.

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Abstract. The ANIMMA conferences offer a unique opportunity to discover research carried out in all fields of nuclear measurements and instrumentation with applications extending from fundamental physics to fission and fusion reactors, medical imaging, environmental protection and homeland security. After four successful editions of the Conference, it was decided to prepare a review based to a large extent but not exclusively on the papers presented during the first four editions of the conference. This review is organized according to the measurement methodologies: neutronic, photonic, thermal, acoustic and optical measurements, as well as medical imaging and specific challenges linked to data acquisition and electronic hardening. The paper describes the main challenges justifying research in these different areas, and summarizes the recent progress reported. It offers researchers and engineers a way to quickly and efficiently access knowledge in highly specialized areas.

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Acoustic Sensor for In-Pile Fuel Rod Fission Gas Release Measurement

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High‐Temperature Gas Sensors for Harsh Environment Applications: A Review

High‐Temperature Gas Sensors for Harsh Environment Applications: A Review

Characterization and performance of an acoustic sensor for fission gas release characterization devoted to JHR environment measurements

Nuclear instrumentation and measurement: a review based on the ANIMMA conferences

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