Abstract

The Cryogenic Moderator System (CMS) is equipped with a catalyst to convert hydrogen from the ortho state to the para state, to keep desirably high parahydrogen fractions in the cold moderators, which is required to deliver a high brightness cold neutron beams to the scientific instruments using neutron scattering. An in-situ measurement system for the ortho and para fractions of liquid hydrogen (OPMS) where a Raman spectroscopy will be used is being developed. The required measurement precision is 0.1% to detect an undesirable shift towards a high orthohydrogen fraction caused by neutron scattering driven para-to-ortho back conversion. The dedicated OPMS sampling line has been designed and is placed in a bypass line from and to the CMS to minimize the hydrogen inventory and to make it physically isolated from the CMS if a sapphire window failure happens. Accident analysis for a hydrogen leak due to the sapphire window failure was carried out using an inhouse-developed simulation code, and the required safety relief size has been determined.

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