Thomas E. Blue

Thomas E. Blue works on nuclear instrumentation, especially optical fiber sensors that can survive the intense radiation and heat inside nuclear reactors. His work focuses on developing fiber-optic devices (like gamma thermometers and distributed temperature sensors) to measure temperature and radiation levels, as well as studying how materials such as sapphire and fused-silica optical fibers change when exposed to high radiation doses. This research supports better monitoring and safety instrumentation for nuclear reactors, including university research reactors.

Publication output peaked around 2018 and has gradually declined over the past several years, with a recent average of about 1.4 publications per year.

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