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News Release
Digital Failed Fuel Spectrometer (DFFS) ORTEC has supplied instrumentation for on-line gamma-ray spectrometer
systems to nuclear power plants around the world. Many of these spectrometers detect the
onset of fuel element failure through analysis of the gamma spectrum emitted by the
plant's coolant. ORTEC now offers a complete failed fuel spectrometer that is ultra stable
and easily optimized for any count rate environment — the Digital Failed Fuel
Spectrometer.
At the heart of the Digital Failed Fuel Spectrometer is the DSPEC
(pronounced D-SPEC) — a new gamma-ray spectrometer which uses Digital Signal
Processing (DSP) technology. These DSP techniques allow a reduction in the amount of
electronics in the package compared to a conventional spectrometer. Fewer electronic
components result in greater stability because of the reduction in electronics-noise
sources. A major problem in any on-line monitoring situation is instrument stability
— the DSP provides stability that is unmatched in the industry.
The Digital Failed Fuel Spectrometer is a complete integrated package
with a variety of software and networking options, a built-in automatically actuated check
source, and is delivered with full technical documentation and a detailed operation
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