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New criticality accident alarm system detectors at the JAEA Tokai Reprocessing Plant

JAEA東海再処理工場における新しい臨界警報装置検出器

辻村 憲雄   ; 吉田 忠義 

Tsujimura, Norio; Yoshida, Tadayoshi

原子力機構核燃料サイクル工学研究所の再処理工場では、臨界警報装置を1984年から設置,運用している。高経年化のため、従来検出器に代わる新しい臨界警報装置用検出器を開発した。新しい検出器は、プラスチックシンチレータと、カドミウムを内張りしたポリエチレン減速材からなり、$$gamma$$線だけでなく中性子にも感度を持つ。試作した検出器について、パルス炉で作動試験を実施し、満足な性能を確認した。市販用検出器について、現在、再処理工場において実証試験中であり、2009年10月から運転を開始する予定である。

In the Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP) of the NCL, criticality accident alarm systems (CAAS) were installed in 1984 and have still been in service. Due to the advanced ages of the system, a new CAAS detector was developed for replacement. A new detector was composed of a plastic scintillator coupled with a photomultiplier tube, placed into a cadmium-lined polyethylene moderator, and has a feature to respond to both neutrons and $$gamma$$-rays via capture $$gamma$$-rays from Cd(n,$$gamma$$) reactions. The prototype detectors were built and the operation tests under critical bursts at a pulsed reactor were conducted. The test results demonstrated satisfactory performance. The new systems of commercial version are now under field tests at the TRP and will launch its operation in October 2009.

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