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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Yasushi Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuaki Oono, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Narawa, Yokohama, JP;
Teruji Tarumi, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Hirukawa, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A neutron flux measuring apparatus, adapted to a boiling-water reactor (BWR) of a nuclear power plant and an advanced boiling-water reactor (ABWR) of a nuclear power plant, for measuring a neutron flux in a reactor pressure vessel, comprises a neutron flux detector assembly incorporating a local power range monitor detector assembly and a start-up range neutron monitor detector, a preamplifier amplifying a detector signal obtained from said start-up range neutron monitor detector, a start-up range neutron monitor operation unit operating, indicating and monitoring the amplified signal of the start-up range neutron monitor detector, and a local power range monitor operation unit operating, indicating and monitoring a signal obtained from the local power range monitor detector.