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discharge55to65fuelbundkperweekl%gurc1showsaamccptualdiagramofthisfuelingcyck.Becausethisis anongoingpraess, it is notsimplefm a safeguardingagencyto continuouslymonitorfuding;itisratherlak L%cnsivctohaveasafeguardsinspmtoron-siteallofthetime.
‘herearcseveralapproachestotheprobkmof monitoringtheconstantfuelingprocessof on-kadreactors.Obviously,sometypeof amcasummntsystemfmprovidingoontimmus,unattdedmonitoringof fuelingis themostattractivealternativebecauseit is thekastMor-intensive.Coredischargemonitors(CDMS)lprovideaconvenientsystemfmsafeguardingon-loadrcacmrsbecausetheycanbeinstalledasanindepcnckn~tamper-msistantpackage.ACDMusesradiationdetectorstomonitorb movementof fid betweenthereactorcoreandthefuelstoragearea.Coredischargemonitoringcanbeperformedbyanekctronicspackagedkd GRAND(m myandneutrondetector)andassdatd detectorsdevelopedattheLosAlamosNationalLaboratory(LosAlamos).A typicalnxasurement statimconsistsof aGRAND,whichis thedata~quisitionekctronkqandfm demctorsmountedinoneenclosure.BwhGRANDcontinuouslyColkctsdatafmmitsassoci-ateddetectoratdiscmtctimeintervalsandtransmitsthedatatoanMS-DOScompatibkmmputcrfa moding. ‘Ilwfm detectorsineachcnclostueincludetwoncutmdetectors(f~sionc~)andtwogamma-raydetectors(ionchambers),oneshieldedandoneunshielded.Becauseof kw-enriohcdf a lowexposureof thespentf datively fewneutronsarcemittedbythespentfud ‘mencutmn&@ctorsarcencasedina containerof heavywater.IntIMidealsitua~ theneutrondetmorsaresensitivetoneutronsmatedby(’y@)mactknsinb deutaiumsumudqg“ thedetecmrs.To producea tmmm in the(y,n)rewtionrequiresa gamma-rayenergythresholdof22 McV.Tormnitorcare~ wemountedf- GRANDsaroundthenuckarcorGtwooneachremorface.Rx Im==of ~ Fig.1showsan cxampkofhowa typkalon-kmd
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EachGRANDcolkctsntdcturadidondtxafiotntnedetu. Tenck ~, .dtcfiP.timestampsi$ andttmpmily storesi T d aa t hfa mtheco%ctionXnpu“ruponIeqtx%tformampumancntstorage.Aalatertime,data@oheofHoadcdfromtheccWctmncomputerfa off-linerwkw.Thedetectmdatafedfhm tk G- consistof fiveC d I ‘ T C
n a h a fohvx f- C dxrA,fissioudmnt)cr~,fissionC c i chmthtv~,andionchamber2.FksionC hALmq)ondstothefirstnmtrondctecto.: .nedw ‘*.wedo-SuleoFissionchamberBis anotherviewofthcfirstneutrondetcctw,whichcanbeusd fa possi~tamperdetectk Thesecondwutrondetectorineachdctecmrenclosureis labClfdoI*tksionoham-bcrc T n c& ti st i ~ m &‘ t t ‘ 0t o pf=. I%rcxampktheNEfissionchamberCis wiredintothelb.‘YGRAND,andtheNWfissionC hC is wiredintotk NECiRANDoThisprovidestk O tll ~@elllwithabackup,incasetheGRW fa we of thedetectorsfail~‘lldscrosswiringis showninFig.2{a)astk spliceboxbetweenthem GRANDSoneachsideof thereactorm. Fhlally,thetwog&rlma-raydetectmmmspondtotheionchamber1and2 Channckrespectively.Figure2(b)shokst%layoutof a detectorenclusim. Anin-depthdiscussionof tk detectorassemblimandtheGRANDekctmnl“CSpackagecanbef- in“TheDesignandInstallationof a CwcDischargeN&mitocfmCANDu-typeReac#Xs,”byLK Halbig,etal?
ThedatacolkctioncomputerssampktheGRANDsata pm-deter.inedinterval,wally wk~10or11seconds.‘Ihctotalnumberofdatapoin,~coilectedbyme detectorM oneGRANDis lim-idto7855 pointsperday.W all20detq thisworksoutto ●s about157100d p p
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A qualitativeanalysisof thedatabya safeguardsinspectorcanyielda considerableamottntofinformationonthefuelingactivityatthereactor.Eachlargespikeontk graphcomqmds toapawof fuelbundlesbeingdischargedfromthereactor.Smallerspikesordecaycurvesorbothnnthe@’a@!lltlycorrespondtootheractivitiessuchasthcrotationofthefuelingmachine,ortheradioac-tivedecay,calledcooling,ofthespentfbelfissionproductsbeingheldinthefbcling~hine duringa shufflingoperation.Thereactorpowerlevelcanalsobedctcmiwi fibmthe&la becausetheamountOfbackgroundthedetemrsamsensingcomspds tothecurrentpowerlevelofthereactor.Tk backgroundinthiscontextisconsideredtobetheamountof rdiationthercactorcdtsduringnormaloperationwhennofuelis presentoutsideof thecore.Currently,a s h
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Ncud nctwofkrmddsamtnathanatd● lyderivedfmnenfeccll biology.TheyamanalMrtw-tionof a collectionof fidamentalunitsorganizedina hiemrchkalfashion.Inbiologicalsystemseachunitwouldrepresenta ncwecell.Learning,andthusreactingtostimuli,isawomjWd inaM&k 60Xsclmw. The blackboxis moldedwhenpatternsof stimuliandtheircorrespondingmspmsesarepresentedina repetitivefashion.Giventheinputandtheexpectedoutput,theMaclcboxkrns themapping-input tooutput.Thelearninginsidetheblackboxtakesplacebyupdat-ingaseriesof weightedmdmmtwd● fimctionsaftcrcachpattcmpresentation.Thegoalis tomini-mizetheglobalerrorovertheentiretrainingset.Aftertraining,themodelis presentedwithnewstimuli.Ifthemtxklhasbeentrainedtoaminimalamountof error,itshouldgeneralizeandpredicttheappmprktcoutputfa anarbitraryinputpattern.Furtherdetails~gardingtheinternal,technicalWOfti neuralnetworkmodelingparadigmmaybef- inParailelDistributedProcessing,byl)widE.Rumdhart andJamesL McCklland.sTheneuralnctwotksusedinthisproof-of-prin-cipkwerecreatedusingNeuralWorksProfessionalWPlus!acommercialneuralnetworkdevelop-menttoolmanufactmdbyNeuralWare,Inc.A SunSPARCstationcomputerwasusedtoperformtheanalysisanddeveloptheneuralnetwork
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TheCDManalysistoolmated herewillactas a pmtotypfu studyingandcreatinga momrobustCDMdataanalysistooLThepotentialof thistoolas a bundkcounteranda power-kvelatoidtwhasbeendemonstrated.Neuralnetworkimplementationsfordeterminingthema of thereactorf= frotnwhichthe&l wasdischargedandtheadditiveburttopof thetwofuelbundleshavebeensuccessfulenoughtowarrantfurtherresemh.Wethinkthatwithamorecampktesetof_n@vc datafromanoperadngon-loadreactor,neuralnetworkl couldbecreatedtorenderupto 1(M%accuracyin positionandbump. Thedataneededto achievethiscapabilityshouldinclude&l pushes%Xnall460*ls Ofthereactorandacompletecyckoff~l thtwghall 13positionsinevery*10 TheresultsobtaindinthisMeat’chaleC%tmnelypremisingm“sideringthelimitedatnountof dataavailable.Webelievethattheresultscanonlygetbetterwithmomdata.
Futureworkshouldincludedevisingamoteaccumtetechniquef= dctmhing areasof intelestintheCDMdata,ratherthanaslidingaverage.Pbwerleveltnonitaittgusinganaverageoverall20channelswillalsoyielda mommcuratepowefkvel cakulah. Deficienciesin thecolkctionofquantitativedatashouldbecormctd Weneedmomsamplesof dataperunittimeanda gamma-ChannelreadingmantqresentativeOfthcmmummentPerio&In_ difkmnttypes&neuralnetwoalcmodelsshouldbetrkdonceampmsentativeamountOfdatahasbeenobtainedThepata-bilityofneuralnetwolkmodelstoothcrmactonlOfthcs typeShouIdalsobeinvestigated.Neuralnetworkmodelshold@eatpromisefa futureworkin theamaof comdischargemonitoringanda um dof largevolumesofcondmmly colkmddatafmbcttctnuclearsafegttmds.Wefirdy believethata commemw~ toolfw monitoringpowerandcountingfuelbundlesfmtnCDMdatashouldbeddopcd.
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