@inproceedings{8ec2053ddb9f4c9b8803163ac29ed72b,
title = "Monitoring and analysis of in-pile phenomena in advanced test reactor using acoustic telemetry",
abstract = "The interior of a nuclear reactor presents a particularly harsh and challenging environment for both sensors and telemetry due to high temperatures and high fluxes of energetic and ionizing particles among the radioactive decay products. A number of research programs are developing acoustic-based sensing approach to take advantage of the acoustic transmission properties of reactor cores. Idaho National Laboratory has installed vibroacoustic receivers on and around the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) containment vessel to take advantage of acoustically telemetered sensors such as thermoacoustic (TAC) transducers. The installation represents the first step in developing an acoustic telemetry infrastructure. This paper presents the theory of TAC, application of installed vibroacoustic receivers in monitoring the in-pile phenomena inside the ATR, and preliminary data processing results.",
keywords = "Acoustic telemetry, Data processing, In-pile monitoring, TAC, Thermoacoustics sensors",
author = "Vivek Agarwal and Smith, \{James A.\} and Jewell, \{James K.\}",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "9th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2015",
publisher = "American Nuclear Society",
pages = "553--561",
booktitle = "9th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2015",
note = "9th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC and HMIT 2015 ; Conference date: 22-02-2015 Through 26-02-2015",
}