Abstract
An acoustic emission system has been installed on TVA's Watts Bar Unit 1 reactor to monitor selected areas of the pressure boundary during hydrostatic testing, hot functional testing, and ultimately, during reactor startup and operation. This is a part of a cooperative effort between TVA and NRC Research to test and demonstrate AE technology. This technology has been developed under an NRC Research program to validate the application of AE techniques for continuous, on-line monitoring of reactor pressure boundaries to detect cracking. This report discusses the performance of and results from a special calibration test of the AE system using simulated AE signals to evaluate the accuracy of signal source location by the system.
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