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Frank J. Baloh, Edward S. Kenney
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 232-237
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28311
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A method, for locating disturbances taking place inside an operating reactor by analyzing radiation emitted from the core, uses two gamma-ray collimator-detectors to selectively monitor information from specific regions of the core. An analog computer was programmed to perform a cross-power spectral density analysis of the information and to eliminate information not common to both channels. A periodic disturbance worth ∼ 50 millicents was used for the investigation. Disturbances located ∼ 4 in. inside the core were detectable with the present system. With moderate improvement in equipment, it is expected that perturbations located 1 ft inside cores of similar composition could be located.