加速器驱动次临界系统中堆外中子注量率监测方法（英文）

Excore Neutron Flux Monitoring Method for an Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System

在加速器驱动的次临界(ADS)系统中,次临界反应堆的功率控制是通过控制束流强度来实现。监测堆外中子注量率,不仅提供了反应堆功率指示,也为反应堆保护系统在启动和运行阶段提供了重要的监测信息,因此,堆外中子注量率的监测在ADS系统的控制与保护中起着非常重要的作用。采用3套裂变室和3套非补偿电离室来监测ADS堆外中子注量率。由于裂变室有脉冲、电流和均方电压3种操作模式,1套裂变室可以监测源量程、中间量程和功率量程等宽范围的反应堆功率。所以,使用的监测方法有3个优点,即:增加了监测通道的冗余度,提高了保护系统的可靠性,以及能提供更多的轴向功率分布信息。由于这些中子探测器对中子能谱很敏感,提出了一种有效的校准方法,即先用一个标准的中子源校准这些中子探测器,然后再将中子注量率除以一个修正因素。基于Geant4仿真结果显示,所提取的裂变室和非补偿电离室的修正因素分别为5和42。

In an accelerator driven sub-critical（ADS）system,power control in sub-critical reactor is achieved through the control of the beam current.Excore neutron flux monitoring in an ADS system,not only provides indication of reactor power,but also provides important inputs to reactor protection system during startup and power operation,and thus plays a very important role in the control and protection of ADS system.This paper presents the excore neutron flux monitoring method which uses three fission chambers（FCs）and three uncompensated ion chambers（UICs）.With three operation modes,pulse mode,current mode,and mean square voltage mode,an FC can monitor reactor power over a wide range from the source range to the intermediate and power ranges.The proposed monitoring method increases the redundancy of independent monitoring channels,improves the reliability of the protection system,and provides more information on axial power distribution.Since these neutron detectors are sensitive to the neutron energy spectrum,we propose an effective calibration method to provide the exact value of neutron flux,i.e.,these neutron detectors are calibrated with a standardized neutron source,and then,a correction factor is added in the calibration by comparing the neutron energy spectrum of the neutron source with that in ADS system.Based on Geant4 simulation,the correction factors of 5 and 42 are extracted for FCs and UICs,respectively.