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Showing 5 results for Author: Chris D. Young
Nov, 2023
Journal
The Local Seismoacoustic Wavefield of a Research Nuclear Reactor and Its Response to Reactor Power Level
We describe the seismoacoustic wavefield recorded outdoors but inside the facility fence of the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee). HFIR is a research nuclear reactor that generates neutrons for scattering, irradiation research, and isotope production. This reactor operates at a nominal power of 85 MW, with a full‐power period bet…
Nov, 2023
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Locating Operational Events of the Cooling Tower of a Nuclear Reactor with a Very Local Seismic Network
Geolocation of emergent seismic signals is challenging at close distances. We used three‐component data from a seismic network and a targeted experiment at a research nuclear reactor to locate seismic sources. Utilizing known events collected during the targeted experiment, we were able to infer source locations with seismic amplitudes and polarization characteristics of t…
Oct, 2023
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An Assessment of Persistent Acoustic Monitoring of a Nuclear Reactor during Full Power Generation
Persistent low-frequency (