Development of new technique for temperature control of irradioation capsules

Kanno, Masaru; Kitajima, Toshio; Homma, Kenzo

KAERI/GP-195/2002, p.71 - 75, 2002/00

Recent irradiation studies aiming at clarifying the detailed mechanisms of irradiation damages to the reactor materials require to maintain the specimens at constant temperature regardless of the reactor power level,in order to avoid artificial effects of temperature transient due to reactor power change. In order to deal with this problem, JMTR has adopted feed-foward control to the gas pressure based on the reactor power signal, and developed new temperature control technique in combination with feedback control of heater power.