Fibre-optics in nuclear industry : Issues, problems and potential solutions

Francis Berghmans; Andrei Gusarov; Benoît Brichard; Marc Decréton; Olivier Deparis; Patrice Mégret; Michel Blondel; Irina Veretennicoff; Hugo Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.354872

Fibre-optics in nuclear industry : Issues, problems and potential solutions

Francis Berghmans, Andrei Gusarov, Benoît Brichard, Marc Decréton, Olivier Deparis, Patrice Mégret, Michel Blondel, Irina Veretennicoff, Hugo Thienpont

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Abstract

The implementation of optical fibre technology in nuclear industry is critically discussed. On the basis of radiation tests performed at SCK•CEN, the behaviour of optical fibres under radiation is physically explained and fibre-optic sensor applications are briefly illustrated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics
Publisher	SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	3749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354872
State	Published - Jul 1999
Event	Proceedings of the 1999 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO XVIII): Optics for the Next Millennium - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: 2 Aug 1999 → 6 Aug 1999

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1999 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO XVIII): Optics for the Next Millennium
City	San Francisco, CA, USA
Period	1999-08-02 → 1999-08-06

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Berghmans, F., Gusarov, A., Brichard, B., Decréton, M., Deparis, O., Mégret, P., Blondel, M., Veretennicoff, I., & Thienpont, H. (1999). Fibre-optics in nuclear industry : Issues, problems and potential solutions. In Proceedings of the 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (Vol. 3749). SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354872

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