Hardware-Software Complexes for Recording the Neutronic Parameters of Nuclear Research Installations

• Published in: Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 125; no. 1; pp. 28 - 32
• Main Authors: Pikulina, G. N., Ovchinnikov, M. A., Koshelev, A. S., Yukhnevich, V. A., Drozdov, Yu. M., Piskorskii, I. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-11-2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Computer programs; Energy industry; Hadrons; Hardware; Heavy Ions; Information processing; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear facilities; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear research; Parameters; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Recording; Signal processing; Software
• ISSN: 1063-4258; 1573-8205
• DOI: 10.1007/s10512-018-0437-y

Approaches to designing measurement complexes as a collection of software and hardware using methods developed at the All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) for recording the neutronic parameters of nuclear research installations are examined for the example of latest advancements: specialized multifunctional measuring complex SMIK and the implementation variant SMIK-MER. The developed systems function autonomously or are built into other automated systems. The complexes are organized in accord with a block-modular principle with a single center processing the recorded signals and are easily adapted for particular nuclear facilities. The hardware part of the complexes comprises a set of certified counting and current-measuring channels. The control software determines the functional purpose of the complexes.