Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Testing – sensing – measuring – or detecting a fission reactor... – Leak detection
Patent
1998-10-01
2000-07-11
Jordan, Charles T.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Testing, sensing, measuring, or detecting a fission reactor...
Leak detection
376253, 73 40, 73 405R, 7386323, G21C 1700, G21C 1702
Patent
active
060884177
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method for detecting and locating leaks in a nuclear plant, in particular a pipeline in a nuclear plant, include a collection line which is permeable to a substance to be detected and which communicates with a pump and with a sensor for the substance. The sensor has a detector for detecting the radioactivity of the substance or a branch line which communicates with a detector for detecting radioactivity branches off upstream of the sensor. If a radioactive substance reaches the collection line and penetrates it, then the location of the leak can be determined from the instant at which the radioactive substance reaches the detector.
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Jax Peter
Lompe Heinrich
Greenberg Laurence A.
Jordan Charles T.
Keith Jack
Lerner Herbert L.
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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