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Design of an on-line detection system for fuel rod failure in a pressurized water reactor

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An on-line detection system for fuel rod failure of pressurized water reactor was designed to give a real-time indication of the activity concentrations of key radionuclides in the primary coolant. Tests were performed for the system in a PWR and the real-time monitoring data of the primary coolant was obtained. The tests showed that the system is sensitive to the activity concentrations of key radionuclides in the primary coolant and is able to detect the fuel rod failure. Minimum detectable concentrations for key radionuclides 135Xe and 88Kr are of the order of 3 and 10 kBq L−1, respectively.

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This work was supported by the Nature Science Foundation of China Program (No. 11205030). The authors would like to express thanks to the East China Institute of Technology for its support of this work.

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  1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China Institute of Technology, 418 Gu anglan Dr, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China

    Guoxiu Qin & Yujuan Liu

  2. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Xinzhen, Fangshan, Beijing, 102413, China

    Guoxiu Qin, Xilin Chen & Xiaoqing Guo

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Qin, G., Chen, X., Liu, Y. et al. Design of an on-line detection system for fuel rod failure in a pressurized water reactor. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 471–477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4205-3

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