Nicholas Garcia, Howuk Kim, Kaushik Vinod, Abinash Sahoo, Michael Wax, Taeyang Kim, Tiegang Fang, Venkat Narayanaswamy, Huaiyu Wu, Xiaoning Jiang
As the demand for clean energy becomes greater worldwide, there will also be an increasing demand for next generation nuclear power plants that incorporate advanced sensors and monitoring equipment. A major challenge posed by nuclear power plants is that, during normal operation, the reactor compartment is subjected to high operating temperatures and radiation flux. Diagnostic sensors monitoring such structures are also subject to temperatures reaching hundreds of degrees Celsius, which puts them at risk for heat degradation...
January 13, 2024: Ultrasonics