IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS AND APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING RADIO-ACTIVE LIQUIDS
The design of a centrifugal pump and supponting apparatus for sampling radioactive liquids is described. The pump consists of a shaft carrying an impeller and arranged so that the shaft can be supported on an air lubricated thrust bearing, centralized by spaced air lubricated journal bearings, and rotated by the rotor of an air-powered turbine. The apparatus consists of a biological shielding containing a pipe for radioactive liquors and a pipe outside the shielding for radioactive liquors drawn off from the pipe inside the shielding. The centrifugal pump has its inlet communicating with the pipe inside the shielding and its outlet connected with an outlet pipe coupled to the pipe outside the shielding. Features of the apparatus include the fact that the pump is located within a casing extending from outside the shielding to be integral with the pipe inside the shielding, and the pump is removable from the casing through an aperture accessible from outside the shielding. (N.W.R.)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-023617
- OSTI ID:
- 4034804
- Report Number(s):
- GB 870829
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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