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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
C. C. Klepper, J. P. Caughman, E. H. Martin, A. Kreter, B. Schweer, B. Unterberg
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 193-196
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16903
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This paper discusses an ongoing effort to evaluate the use of Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GDOES) for after-exposure, target surface characterization in a plasma-materials interactions (PMI) facility, without need to remove the sample from the facility's vacuum chamber and/or to expose the sample's surface to air. The effort includes testing of a compact, inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) source, which would eventually become part of an integrated, movable GDOES sub-chamber, including plasma source, gas-feed and pumping capability, configured to function inside the main vacuum chamber. The present, conceptual design for implementation on PSI-2 shows promise in meeting these challenges and is presented here.