Can-Rupture Detector for Water-Cooled Piles; DETECTEUR DE RUPTURE DE GAINE POUR PILES REFROIDIES A L'EAU
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4131860
S>The object of this study was to develop a simple, easyto-build, apparatus for showing the appearance of a defect on a fuel element can of a swimming pool reactor. The apparatus used consists of a coil of activated carbon around a NaI(Tl) crystal. Through this coil psss the gases obtained by degassing a sample of water from the reactor; the fission gases which appear when a can leaks are trapped in the carbon; the NaI(Tl) crystal is coupled with a photomultiplier followed by a single-channel selector fixed on a photo-electric peak characteristic of the gamma spectrum of fission gases. Preliminary experiments were carried out in laboratory; a more complete device was then built and is now working in the reactor Melusine. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- France. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique. Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, Grenoble
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-003312
- OSTI ID:
- 4131860
- Report Number(s):
- CEA-2235
- Country of Publication:
- France
- Language:
- English
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ACTIVATED CARBON
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DEGASSING
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GAMMA RADIATION
GASES
LEAK DETECTORS
MEASURED VALUES
MELUSINE
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PIPES
POOL TYPE REACTOR
PULSE ANALYZERS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
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RESEARCH REACTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SODIUM IODIDES
SPECTRA
WATER
WATER COOLANT
WATER MODERATOR
DEFECTS
DEGASSING
DETECTION
ENERGY
FAILURES
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL CANS
GAMMA RADIATION
GASES
LEAK DETECTORS
MEASURED VALUES
MELUSINE
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PIPES
POOL TYPE REACTOR
PULSE ANALYZERS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SODIUM IODIDES
SPECTRA
WATER
WATER COOLANT
WATER MODERATOR