Device for collecting purge liquids and gases in an installation containing substances which may possess a certain degree of radioactivity

Patent · Tue Sep 25 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6028431

Boccon-Gibod, H

A self-contained and movable device for collecting purge liquids and gases in an installation containing radioactive substances, comprising a detachable and transportable vessel of small dimensions, a closure of the purge outlet which can be operated from outside the vessel, a movable unit for drawing off and collecting the purged liquids and gases, and a flexible tube connecting the vessel and the movable drawing-off and collecting unit. The invention applies particularly to the purging of the cooling circuit under shut-down conditions of a pressurized water nuclear reactor.

• Assignee: Framatome, (France)
• Patent Number(s): US 4473529
• OSTI ID: 6028431
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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