3D RFEC simulations for the in-service inspection of steam generator tubes in fast breeder reactors

Issue title: Selected Papers from the 14th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM 2009), Part II

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mihalache, Ovidiu^{a; *} | Yamaguchi, Toshihiko^a | Ueda, Masashi^a | Miyahara, Shinya^a

Affiliations: [a] Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Fast Breeder Reactor Plant Engineering Research Center, 1 Shiraki, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken, Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Ovidiu Mihalache, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Fast Breeder Reactor Plant Engineering Research Center, 1 Shiraki, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken, 919-1279, Japan. Tel.: +81 770 39 1031; Fax: +81 770 39 9228; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Three-dimensional numeric simulations, based on the finite element model, are conducted to simulate the In-Service Inspection of magnetic steam generator tubes of a Fast Breeder Reactor using remote field eddy current probes. The influence of sodium in the gap SP-tube and outer defect detectability is computed for a large SP model with multiple SG tubes using the 3D-RFECT code.

Keywords: Finite element, steam generator, fast-breeder reactor, remote field eddy currents

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2010-1234

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 33, no. 3-4, pp. 1165-1171, 2010