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2021 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
November 30–December 3, 2021
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Neutron noise monitoring during plant operation expedites flexure replacement at Salem-1
The nuclear industry has historically relied on intermittent ultrasonic test and visual inspections of pressurized water reactor components to identify and manage degradation. While this reactive approach has proven to be effective, imagine a scenario in which the degradation could propagate throughout the reactor internals, making a more proactive measure necessary to avoid a major enterprise risk to the plant. Could a utility identify the onset of degradation within the reactor internals during plant operation? If so, could a repair be developed prior to the next refueling outage to prevent additional, cascading degradation? That is exactly the situation that Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) and Westinghouse engineers were able to navigate over the course of the 2019–2020 operating cycle at Salem Unit 1, resulting in a tremendous success for the plant and a historic landmark in the nuclear industry, while earning the team a 2021 Nuclear Energy Institute Top Innovative Practice (TIP) award.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD|Cosponsored by IRD, NNPD
Monday, June 14, 2021|12:00–1:45PM (1:00–2:45PM EDT)
Session Chair:
Fatma Abdelrahman
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Alternate Chair:
Adam Hecht
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Julie Bry (ANS)
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Radiation Detection System Prototypes for Department of Homeland Security
Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Remote Sensing Laboratory-Andrews), Richard J. Maurer (Remote Sensing Laboratory-Andrews), Paul P. Guss (Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis)
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Material Identification via Dual Particle Transmission Using a Radioisotope Source
Jason Nattress (ORNL), Paul Rose (ORNL)
Intelligent Consequence Control by Aerial Reconnoiter Using Unmanned Systems
Paul Guss (Nevada National Security Site), Rusty Trainham (Nevada National Security Site), Manual Manard (Nevada National Security Site), Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Nevada National Security Site)
Muon Imaging for Dry-Cask Storage Verification
Jesus Valencia (Univ. of New Mexico), Adam A. Hecht (Univ. of New Mexico)
Ca2+-Doped CeBr3 Scintillating Material
Paul Guss (Nevada National Security Site), Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Nevada National Security Site), Ding Yuan (Nevada National Security Site), F. Patrick Doty (Sandia National Laboratories)
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