Titre du document / Document title
Leak detection in pressure tubes of a pressurised heavy water reactor by acoustic emission technique
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
KALYANASUNDARAM P. ;
BALDEV RAJ ;
KASIVISWANATHAN K. V. ;
JAYAKUMAR T. ;
MURTHY C. R. L. ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
Indira Gandhi cent. atomic res., div. PIE NDT development, Kalpakkam 603 102 Tamilnadu, INDE
Résumé / Abstract
Leak detection in the fuel channels is one of the challenging problems during the in-service inspection (ISI) of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs). In this paper, the use of an acoustic emission (AE) technique together with AE signal analyses is described, to detect a leak that was encountered in one (or more) of the 306 fuel channels of the Madras Atomic Power Station (PHWR), Unit 1. The paper describes the problems encountered during the ISI, the experimental methods adopted and the results obtained. Results obtained using acoustic emission signal analysis are compared with those obtained from other leak detection methods used in such cases
Revue / Journal Title
British Journal of Non-Destructive Testing
ISSN
0007-1137
CODEN BJNTAS
Source / Source
1992, vol. 34, n
o11, pp. 539-543 (14 ref.)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Non-Destructive Testing Society of Great Britain, Southend-on-Sea, ROYAUME-UNI
(1959-1994)
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 10176, 35400003083046.0030
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 4527056
