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Irradiation of Sensors and Adhesive Couplants for Application in LWR Primary Loop Piping and Components

Full Details
Principal Investigator
Name:
James Wall
Email:
nsuf@inl.gov
Phone:
(208) 526-6918
Team Members:
Name: Institution: Expertise: Status:
Jean Claude van Duysen
Kumar Sridharan
Experiment Details:
Experiment Title:
Irradiation of Sensors and Adhesive Couplants for Application in LWR Primary Loop Piping and Components)
Abstract
Researchers plan to attach ultrasonic transducers to substrates using various adhesive couplants that will be irradiated at elevated temperature to simulate LWR primary loop conditions at the PULSTAR reactor at North Carolina State University. Ultrasonic data will be taken in-situ. Subsequently, the sensors and couplant interfaces will be characterized using the LAMDA facility at ORNL. The results will be used to benefit a parallel EPRI project on online monitoring of cracks in LWR primary loop piping.

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