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Susumu Ninomiya, Fumio Ohtsuka, Hiromichi Nei, Osamu Takikawa, Mituo Harata
Nuclear Technology | Volume 65 | Number 3 | June 1984 | Pages 395-401
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33394
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A program was carried out to develop a sodium vapor pressure measuring system using beta-alumina ceramics for use in developing sodium vapor traps and monitoring sodium mist in cover gas for fast breeder reactors (FBRs) and test facilities. The sensor device was tested in a vacuum glass capsule. Its output agreed well with theoretical results. Moreover, it proved to have the capability of measuring a lower vapor pressure near 10−5 Torr without any calibrations. The measuring system, consisting of a beta-alumina sensor device, gas circulating pump, gas heater, and mist trap, is applicable to FBR plants and test facilities that contain much sodium mist and to a transient monitoring system. This system was tested in an isothermal sodium vapor circulation test loop under conditions involving much sodium mist.