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Assessment on the Monitoring System for KURT using Optical Fiber Sensor Cable  

Kim, Kyung-Su (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Bae, Dae-Seok (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Koh, Yong-Kwon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Jung-Yul (Soam Consultant Co., Ltd)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.8, no.4, 2010 , pp. 293-301 More about this Journal
Abstract
Optical fiber cable, as a sensor, was installed on the wall of KAERI(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Underground Research Tunnel(KURT) in order to monitor the physical stability of the tunnel, which was constructed for technical development and demonstration of radioactive waste disposal. This monitoring system has two simultaneous measurements of temperature and strain over time using Brillouin backscatter. According to the results of the monitoring from Jan. 2008 to Nov. 2009, there is no significant displacement or movement at the tunnel wall However, the cumulative volume of total strain increased slightly as time passes with the comparison of the reference observation, which was measured in Jan. 2008. The change in cumulative volume of total strain indicates that the strain level had been affected by saturation and de-saturation phenomena due to groundwater fluctuation at several points at KURT. This system is based on the distributed sensing technique concept, not point sensing. By using this system, a displacement can be detected with the range from $20{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ to $28,000{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ every 1m interval in minimum. A temperature variation can be monitored at every 0.5m interval with the resolution of 0.01 in minimum. Based on the study, this monitoring system is potentially applicable to long term monitoring systems for radioactive waste disposal project as well as other structures and underground openings.
Keywords
Brillouin scattering; Optical Fiber Sensor Cable; Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensor(DTSS); KAERI Underground Research Tunnel(KURT); Monitoring System;
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