Energy

Neutron monitoring solutions

Information and control for power and safety management in large and next generation reactors

Ultra Energy neutron monitoring solutions ensure safe long-term nuclear power generation

  • ‘Core to control room’ solutions provide actionable information to operators
  • Full power range of reactors, from start-up to full power
  • High temperature detectors support advanced reactor designs

Ultra Energy designs and manufactures neutron monitoring solutions that ensure safe power generation by reactors over the full life of a nuclear power plant. Our ‘core to control room’ solutions detect the presence of neutrons and provide actionable information to human operators, as well as integrating with automated safety control and shutdown systems.

Custom solutions for new or existing reactor designs

Operators must know the neutron flux in a reactor core to make informed safety and control decisions. As well as supplying custom solutions for new reactors or replacements for existing designs, we help developers construct a safety case for neutron monitoring systems. Ultra Energy’s neutron detectors cover the full power range of the core and now work at up to 800o Celsius, which is of significant value to designers of advanced reactors.

Embedded across the nuclear power fleets and supporting development reactors

Ultra Energy owns the neutron detector design for the UK’s AGR and has manufactured replacement detectors for these sites for the last ten years, having supported EDF’s safety-case justification for their life extension with the UK regulator. As well as supplying neutron monitoring solutions to these and other civil nuclear programmes, we also support research and development reactors and supply the British Royal Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered vessels.

Source range monitoring
  • Designed for safety critical reactor protection duties
  • Proven fail-safe architectural elements
  • End-to-end solutions with matched neutron detectors
  • Reference designs and custom solutions
  • Replacement of legacy systems in operational plants
  • New designs for new nuclear plants
Intermediate range monitoring
  • Designed for safety critical reactor protection duties
  • Proven fail-safe architectural elements
  • End-to-end solutions with matched neutron detectors
  • Reference designs and custom solutions
  • Replacement of legacy systems in operational plants
  • New designs for new nuclear plants
Power range monitoring
  • Designed for safety critical reactor protection duties
  • Proven fail-safe architectural elements
  • End-to-end solutions with matched neutron detectors
  • Reference designs and custom solutions
  • Replacement of legacy systems in operational plants
  • New designs for new nuclear plant
Neutron detectors
  • Low temperature (up to 200o C) wide range fission chambers for use in start-up, intermediate and power ranges using pulse mode, Campbell (or MSV) mode and DC mode in safety critical neutron flux detection applications
  • High temperature (up to 800oC) in-core, wide range fission chamber for use in pulse and Campbell modes in safety critical neutron flux detection applications
Flux mapping
  • Miniature in-core fission chamber that provides a DC output when immersed in a neutron flux, suitable for temperatures up to 600°C
  • Self-powered neutron detector assemblies, customizable to customers requirements
Cables, connectors and terminations
  • Triaxial mineral insulated cable for the transmission of small electrical signals through hostile environments, up to 850o C, 2000 psi and high radiation environments experienced in reactor cores
  • Colaminax mineral insulated cable for rejection of low frequency EMI/RFI for the transmission of small electrical signals through hostile environments, up to 850o C, 2000 psi and high radiation environments experienced in reactor cores
  • Super-screened soft cables with superior noise immunity and radiation tolerance
  • Cold end terminations for transition of MI to soft cable, through the reactor pressure boundary, up to 1000 psi, 125o C and elevated radiation environments
  • Low loss connectors for use with the range of cables provided

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