Monitoring of tritium

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1975-01-27

1981-01-13

Behrend, Harvey E.

Electrical generator or motor structure

Dynamoelectric

Rotary

310301, 313 54, 324459, 176 37, G21C 1700

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042447836

ABSTRACT:
The fluid from a breeder nuclear reactor, which may be the sodium cooling fluid or the helium reactor-cover-gas, or the helium coolant of a gas-cooled reactor passes over the portion of the enclosure of a gaseous discharge device which is permeable to hydrogen and its isotopes. The tritium diffused into the discharge device is radioactive producing beta rays which ionize the gas (argon) in the discharge device. The tritium is monitored by measuring the ionization current produced when the sodium phase and the gas phase of the hydrogen isotopes within the enclosure are in equilibrium.

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patent: 2817776 (1957-12-01), Cohen
patent: 2884538 (1959-04-01), Swift
patent: 3683272 (1972-08-01), Vissers et al.
patent: 3712850 (1973-01-01), Campbell et al.

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