Instrumentation Report No. 2: identification, evaluation, and remedial actions related to transducer failures at the spent fuel test-climax | Zendy

W.C. Patrick | Zendy; R.C. Carlson | Zendy; N.L. Rector | Zendy

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Instrumentation Report No. 2: identification, evaluation, and remedial actions related to transducer failures at the spent fuel test-climax

Author(s) -

W.C. Patrick,

R.C. Carlson,

N.L. Rector

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/59237

Subject(s) - instrumentation (computer programming) , remedial action , climax , transducer , nuclear engineering , spent nuclear fuel , engineering , test (biology) , environmental science , forensic engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , geology , ecology , paleontology , contamination , biology , environmental remediation , operating system

The Spent Fuel Test-Climax (SFT-C) is a test of the feasibility of safe and reliable short-term storage and retrieval of spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors. In support of operational and technical goals of the test, about 850 channels of instrumentation have been installed at the SFT-C. Failure of several near-field instruments began less than six months after emplacement of 11 canisters of spent fuel and activation of six thermally similar simulators. The failed units were linear potentiometers (used to make displacement measurements) and vibrating wire stressmeters (used to make change-in-stress measurements). This report discusses the observed problems and remedial actions taken to date

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