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Effectiveness of various leak-protection systems as initiators of automatic shutdown

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6214020
It is concluded that an acoustic system offers the best possibility for development as an intermediate leak protection/automatic shutdown system. There are two candidate acoustic systems: a low frequency system being developed by General Electric, and a high frequency system being developd by Atomics International with support from Argonne National Laboratory. In addition, a rapid response chemical leak detection system could be effective if the design goal for response time can be increased from 20 seconds to approximately one minute.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA). Advanced Reactor Systems Dept.
DOE Contract Number:
AT03-76SF70030
OSTI ID:
6214020
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/70030-T20; ON: DE81025246
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English