DETECTION OF COATING FAILURES IN A NEUTRONIC REACTOR
Patent
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OSTI ID:4343398
This patent relates to water-cooled reactor systems and discloses a means to detect leaks in the jackets of jacketed fuel elements comprising a neutron detector located in the cooling water discharge pipe,the pipe being provided with an enlarged portion for housing the detector so that the latter is completely surrounded by the water in its passage through the pipe, said enlarged portion and detector being shielded from the reactor for the purpose of detecting only those delayed neutrons emitted in the cooling water and due to the latter picking up fission fragments from the defective fuel elements.
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-010267
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 2823179
- OSTI ID:
- 4343398
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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