Standard fission product emission device for detecting failed fuel elements in a nuclear reactor
The present invention relates to a standard fission product emission device, for detecting failed fuel elements in a nuclear reactor of the type cooled by pressurized water, said reactor comprising a pressure-resistant vessel and a core constituted by fuel element assemblies, wherein said device comprises a hollow rod, adapted to be inserted into said vessel and defining a chamber divided into a first chamber and a second chamber located at the end of the rod by a constriction creating a first drop in pressure, said second chamber comprising on its wall a deposit or a metal plate of radioactive material and communicating with the vessel of the reactor, when said device is in position, by a nozzle creating a second drop in pressure greater than the one created by said constriction, a first tube disposed in said rod and opening out at the end of the first chamber remote from the second chamber, said first tube being adapted to be connected to a source of pressurized water at a pressure greater than that of the cooling water of said reactor, and a second tube also opening out at the end of the first chamber remote from the second chamber and adapted to collect the fission products emitted by said deposit when no pressure is applied at the inlet of said tube.
- Assignee:
- Commissariat A L Energie Atomique (France)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4380527
- OSTI ID:
- 6244793
- Resource Relation:
- Patent Priority Date: Priority date 28 Aug 1979, France; Other Information: PAT-APPL-178291
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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