C5105 - TIPS

Question 1

Who operates TIPS?

Answer 1

reactor engineering

Question 2

where are the storage locations?

Answer 2

100” below the bottom of the core or on the drywell wall

Question 3

What’s the power supply to the drive mechanism?

Answer 3

11B12

Question 4

what’s the power supply to the control unit power?

Answer 4

1Y74

Question 5

What’s the purpose of TIPS?

Answer 5

provides a means of measuring axial thermal neutron flux throughout the reactor core. Information is used to:

1. Calibrate LPRM detectors
2. Provide graphs of thermal neutron flux versus axial position in the core.
3. Provide thermal flux information to the process computer

Question 6

What is TIPS used for?

Answer 6

Calibrating LPRMs to feed APRMs

Question 7

Are TIPS always in the core?

Answer 7

No, they are pulled from the core to prevent pulling them out

Question 8

What’s the TIPs indexer?

Answer 8

Provides a path between the guide tube of the drive mechanism and one of the 9 or 10 guide tubes going into the core

Question 9

What is the flux probing monitor?

Answer 9

operates in conjunction with the TIP detectors, provides a meter read out and X-Y plot of the neutron flux level throughout the reactor core at the location selected by channel switch