Instrumentation and control of the Brookhaven nuclear reactor

In the mid-1940s, Argentina was partially isolated and ruled by a military regime. The political confrontation between the military and the scientific community as well as international pressures played a major role in the failure of the first attempts to cope with nuclear development. Only after the relationship between the military and local scientists was readjusted and control of atomic energy was placed in the hands of the Navy, and Argentina's international relations restored, did nuclear development begin to take off. This paper examines the traumatic process of creating the political and institutional conditions for the reception of nuclear technology in a peripheral context. The key to shaping future policies was the decision made by Argentina's Atomic Energy Commission in April 1957 to construct its first research nuclear reactor instead of buying it as other countries such as Spain and Brazil were doing at the time.

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SAFETY ANALYSIS OF NEUTRON INTERACTION WITH MATERIAL PRACTICUM MODULE FOR THE KARTINI INTERNET REACTOR LABORATORY

JURNAL TEKNOLOGI REAKTOR NUKLIR TRI DASA MEGA ◽

10.17146/tdm.2020.22.3.6017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 104

Author(s):

Prasetyo Haryo Sadewo ◽

Puradwi Ismu Wahyono

Keyword(s):

Radiation Protection ◽

Nuclear Reactor ◽

Power Level ◽

Safety Analysis ◽

Reactor Physics ◽

Control Rod ◽

Reactor Kinetics ◽

Additional Equipment ◽

Activation Products ◽

And Control

Kartini Research Reactor, which is situated in Yogyakarta, is a 100 kW TRIGA (Training, Research, and Isotope Production by General Atomic)-type reactor mainly used for educational and training purposes. A system for remote learning on nuclear reactor physics named the Internet Rector Laboratory has been developed and is fully operational since 2019. To enrich its curriculum, a new practicum module has been developed, that can be immediately implemented and does not require any additional equipment or materials. To ensure safety in reactor kinetics and radiation protection, a safety analysis on the implementation of the practicum module has been conducted using MCNP and ORIGEN utilizing the current conditions of the reactor regarding its fuel burnup and control rod positions at a certain power level. Based on the results of the analysis, the practicum is safe to perform from a neutronic and radiation protection perspective. Given the long half-life and the large amount of radiation exposure that comes from activation products of iron, it is recommended that only cadmium, boron, graphite, and aluminum are allowed to be irradiated during the practicum.Keywords: Internet Reactor Laboratory, Activation Product, Radiation Protection, Reactor Safety

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Modeling the Instrumentation and Control Systems of Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor

International Journal on Intelligent Electronic Systems ◽

10.18000/ijies.30001 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

P Swaminathan

Keyword(s):

Control Systems ◽

Nuclear Reactor ◽

And Control

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Modeling and Control of a Large Nuclear Reactor

10.1007/978-3-642-30589-4 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

S R Shimjith ◽

A P Tiwari ◽

B Bandyopadhyay

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Reactor ◽

Modeling And Control ◽

And Control

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Networking Heterogeneous Microcontroller based Systems through Universal Serial Bus

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) ◽

10.11591/ijece.v5i5.pp992-1002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 992

Author(s):

Sastry Kodanda Rama Jammalamadaka ◽

Valluru Sai Kumar Reddy ◽

Smt J Sasi Bhanu

Keyword(s):

Embedded Systems ◽

Embedded System ◽

Error Detection ◽

Nuclear Reactor ◽

Universal Serial Bus ◽

Distributed Embedded Systems ◽

Communication Architecture ◽

The Individual ◽

And Control ◽

Synchronisation Error

Networking heterogeneous embedded systems is a challenge. Every distributed embedded systems requires that the network is designed specifically considering the heterogeneity that exits among different Microcontroller based systems that are used in developing a distributed embedded system. Communication architecture, which considers the addressing of the individual systems, arbitration, synchronisation, error detection and control etc., needs to be designed considering a specific application. The issue of configuring the slaves has to be addressed. It is also important that the messages, flow of the messages across the individual ES systems must be designed. Every distributed embedded system is different and needs to be dealt with separately. This paper presents an approach that addresses various issues related to networking distributed embedded systems through use of universal serial bus communication protocol (USB). The approach has been applied to design a distributed embedded that monitors and controls temperatures within a Nuclear reactor system.

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