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Description
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) are different in their requirements for process instrumentation, especially sensors to measure temperature, pressure, level, flow, and neutron flux. SMRs are generally water cooled, low temperature and high pressure systems while AMRs are high temperature and relatively low pressure. Therefore, the type of process sensors to be used in these new generation of reactors are different and existing sensors from existing nuclear-grade sensor manufacturers may not work in these reactors without modification, requalification, and reconfiguration.
This paper will describe how the new reactor vendors may navigate their sensor requirements, what must be measured to control these plants, and how to monitor for their safety and integrity. In addition, the paper will present a review of the latest developments in sensor technologies for new generation of reactors and will address the need for new standards for qualification and performance verification of these sensors. Furthermore, the paper will emphasize how liquid or gas flow rates may be measured in SMRs and AMRs as flow rate is among the important process variables in most new plants and generally more difficult to measure than other process variables.
| Country OR International Organization | USA |
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| Email address | hash@ams-corp.com |
| Confirm that the work is original and has not been published anywhere else | YES |
