Method of locating a leaking fuel element in a fast breeder power reactor
Patent
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OSTI ID:6660522
Leaking fuel elements in a fast reactor are identified by measuring the ratio of /sup 134/Xe to /sup 133/Xe in the reactor cover gas following detection of a fuel element leak, this ratio being indicative of the power and burnup of the failed fuel element. This procedure can be used to identify leaking fuel elements in a power breeder reactor while continuing operation of the reactor since the ratio measured is that of the gases stored in the plenum of the failed fuel element. Thus, use of a cleanup system for the cover gas makes it possible to identify sequentially a multiplicity of leaking fuel elements without shutting the reactor down.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4080250
- OSTI ID:
- 6660522
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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