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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
H. M. Hashemian, J. A. Thie, B. R. Upadhyaya
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 98 | Number 2 | February 1988 | Pages 96-102
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A28489
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Reactor noise signals, as measured by neutron detectors and process sensors, contain information about the dynamics of the process and sensor characteristics. The extent of sensor characteristics that can be determined from such measurements depends on the sensor type, the property of the process noise exciting the sensor, and its location.