Method comprising measurement on fuel channels of fuel assemblies for nuclear boiling water reactors
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G21C-017/06
G01N-027/72
G01N-027/90
G21C-017/00
G01N-027/00
출원번호
US-0996947
(2009-06-08)
등록번호
US-8699654
(2014-04-15)
우선권정보
SE-0801344 (2008-06-09)
국제출원번호
PCT/SE2009/050686
(2009-06-08)
§371/§102 date
20110318
(20110318)
국제공개번호
WO2009/151384
(2009-12-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Magnusson, Kurt-Åke
Wiese, Holger
Andersson, Björn
Jergeus, Göran
출원인 / 주소
Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB
대리인 / 주소
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
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초록▼
The invention concerns a method comprising measurement on a fuel channel (14) of fuel assemblies (8) for nuclear boiling water reactors. The method comprises that: the measurement is done by the use of a non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method,the measurement is done on a fuel chan
The invention concerns a method comprising measurement on a fuel channel (14) of fuel assemblies (8) for nuclear boiling water reactors. The method comprises that: the measurement is done by the use of a non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method,the measurement is done on a fuel channel (14) which has been used at least a certain time during operation in the core of a nuclear boiling water reactor,the measurement is done when the fuel channel (14) is located in water,the measurement is done on different places on the fuel channel (14),wherein through the method at least the hydride content of the fuel channel (14) at said places is determined. The method can be used in order to find out how shadow corrosion from a neighboring control rod influences the properties of the fuel channel (14).
대표청구항▼
1. Method comprising measurement of at least one property of at least one fuel channel of fuel assemblies for nuclear boiling water reactors, which method comprises the steps of: (i) measuring a fuel channel of a fuel assembly which has been used at least a certain time during operation in a core of
1. Method comprising measurement of at least one property of at least one fuel channel of fuel assemblies for nuclear boiling water reactors, which method comprises the steps of: (i) measuring a fuel channel of a fuel assembly which has been used at least a certain time during operation in a core of a nuclear boiling water reactor using a non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method,wherein the measurement is carried out when the fuel channel is located in water,wherein said measuring step (i) is at least on a first place on the fuel channel which is located at a level of the fuel assembly, at which said level during operation in the nuclear boiling water reactor there is nuclear fuel in the fuel assembly, wherein said first place during at least a part of an operation time has been located in a direction towards a neighbouring control rod in the nuclear reactor close to the control rod such that the first place is susceptible to shadow corrosion by the control rod,(ii) measuring using said non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method on at least a second place on said fuel channel, wherein the second place is located such that it during operation in the nuclear boiling water reactor has not been located such that the second place is susceptible to have been the subject of shadow corrosion because of said control rod,(iii) determining at least the hydride content of the fuel channel at said first and said second place based on the measurement steps (i)-(ii). 2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said second place is located on a sidewall of the fuel channel not facing the neighbouring control rod during operation in the nuclear boiling water reactor. 3. Method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of: (iia) measuring at least a third place on another sidewall of the fuel channel than where the second place is located, wherein the third place is located on a sidewall of the fuel channel not facing the neighbouring control rod during operation in the nuclear boiling water reactor. 4. Method according to claim 1, wherein said measuring steps (i)-(ii) are done from outside of the fuel channel. 5. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (iib) measuring at least one place inside of the fuel channel. 6. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (iic) measuring on at least one standard sample using said non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method during the same conditions and in the same pool of water as said measuring steps (i)-(ii), wherein the at least one standard sample is made of essentially the same alloy as the fuel channel but does not contain any essential amount of hydrides and is provided with a layer of a first known thickness, said layer is made of a non-magnetic and non-electronically conductive material, wherein the result from measuring the at least one standard sample is used, at the determining step of the hydride content on the fuel channel, for accounting for an influence of an oxide layer on the fuel channel, during said measuring steps (i)-(ii) on the fuel channel. 7. Method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of: (iid) measuring on at least one other standard sample made of essentially the same alloy as the fuel channel but which does not contain any essential amount of hydrides and which either is not provided with said layer or which is provided with said layer of a second known thickness which is different from the first known thickness. 8. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (iie) measuring at least one place on the fuel channel which is located at a level relative to the fuel assembly at which said level there is no nuclear fuel in the fuel assembly during operation in the nuclear boiling water reactor. 9. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (iif) measuring using said non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method on at least one standard sample made of essentially the same alloy as the fuel channel and containing a known content of hydrides for calibrating the determining step (iii) of the hydride content on the fuel channel. 10. Method according to claim 1, wherein said measuring steps (i)-(ii) using said non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method is done by a coil generating an electromagnetic alternating field which penetrates into the fuel channel, wherein the generated alternating field is of at least two different frequencies. 11. Method according to claim 10, wherein the at least two different frequencies are both higher than 500 kHz. 12. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (iv) determining a thickness of an oxide layer on the fuel channel based on the measurement steps (i)-(ii). 13. Method according to claim 1, further comprising, after the measuring steps (i)-(ii), the step of: (v) placing the fuel assembly with the fuel channel in the core of the nuclear reactor, in order to be used during a further operation of the nuclear reactor. 14. Method according to claim 13, further comprising after the placing step (v) and after said further operation of the nuclear reactor, repeating said measuring steps (i)-(ii) on the same fuel channel and determining a change in at least the hydride content. 15. Method according to claim 1, wherein said measurement steps (i)-(ii) using the non-destructive inductive eddy current measurement method are done on the fuel channel when the nuclear fuel has been taken out of the fuel channel.
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