Radiation-Tolerant Raman Distributed Temperature Monitoring System for Large Nuclear Infrastructures

Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, Benoît Brichard, Francis Berghmans, P Rodeghiero, A. Hartog, P. Hughes, K. Williams, A. Leach

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    Abstract

    Raman Distributed Temperature Sensors (RDTS) are attractive for the monitoring of large structures in nuclear power plants such as containment structures and coolant loop systems. We demonstrate the high radiation tolerance of a Raman distributed fiber optic temperature sensor, up to total gamma doses in excess of 300 kGy, using a double-ended configuration and commercially-available optical fibers.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2689-2694
    JournalIEEE transactions on nuclear Science
    Volume52
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 23 Dec 2005

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