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Feasibility Study on Ultrasonic Waveguide Sensor for Under-Sodium Viewing of Reactor Internals in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor

소듐냉각고속로 원자로 내부구조물의 소듐내부가시화를 위한 웨이브가이드 초음파센서의 적용 가능성 연구

  • 주영상 (한국원자력연구원 고속로기술개발부 기계핵심기반기술개발) ;
  • 임사회 (한국원자력연구원 고속로기술개발부 기계핵심기반기술개발) ;
  • 박창규 (한국원자력연구원 고속로기술개발부 기계핵심기반기술개발) ;
  • 이재한 (한국원자력연구원 고속로기술개발부 기계핵심기반기술개발)
  • Published : 2008.08.30
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Abstract

Ultrasonic waveguide sensor has been developed for under-sodium viewing of reactor internal structures of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR). The structure design concept of a waveguide sensor assembly was suggested and evaluated for the application in SFR. A 10 m long ultrasonic waveguide sensor assembly has been manufactured and the experimental feasibility tests were carried out. The 10 m long distance propagation performance of zero-order antisymmetric $A_0$ Lamb wave has been verified. The feasibility of ultrasonic waveguide sensor has been demonstrated by the C-scanning resolution performance test.

소듐냉각고속로 원자로 내부구조물의 소듐내부가시화를 위한 새로운 웨이브가이드 초음파센서를 개발하였다. 소듐냉각고속로에 적용할 수 있는 웨이브가이드 초음파센서 어셈블리의 구조 설계 개념을 제시하고 그 적용 타당성을 평가하였다. 길이가 10 m인 웨이브가이드 초음파센서 어셈블리를 제작하고 성능평가 시험을 수행하였다. $A_0$ 모드 판파의 장거리 전파 성능을 확인하였으며, 수중 C-스캔 분해능 성능시험을 수행하여 웨이브가이드 초음파센서의 적용 가능성을 실험적으로 검증하였다.

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