Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Testing – sensing – measuring – or detecting a fission reactor...
Patent
1980-08-15
1983-04-19
Cangialosi, Sal
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Testing, sensing, measuring, or detecting a fission reactor...
376253, 376450, G21C 1700
Patent
active
043805272
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a standard fission product emission device, for detecting failed fuel elements in a nuclear reactor of the type cooled by pressurized water, said reactor comprising a pressure-resistant vessel and a core constituted by fuel element assemblies, wherein said device comprises a hollow rod, adapted to be inserted into said vessel and defining a chamber divided into a first chamber and a second chamber located at the end of the rod by a constriction creating a first drop in pressure, said second chamber comprising on its wall a deposit or a metal plate of radioactive material and communicating with the vessel of the reactor, when said device is in position, by a nozzle creating a second drop in pressure greater than the one created by said constriction, a first tube disposed in said rod and opening out at the end of the first chamber remote from the second chamber, said first tube being adapted to be connected to a source of pressurized water at a pressure greater than that of the cooling water of said reactor, and a second tube also opening out at the end of the first chamber remote from the second chamber and adapted to collect the fission products emitted by said deposit when no pressure is applied at the inlet of said tube.
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Donguy Rene
Graftieaux Jean
Cangialosi Sal
Commissariat a l''Energie Atomique
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