DETECTION OF COATING FAILURES IN A NEUTRONIC REACTOR
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4343398
- Patent Number(s):
- 2823179
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-010267
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; COATING; DEFECTS; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUEL ELEMENTS; JACKETS; LEAK DETECTORS; LEAKS; NEUTRON DETECTION; NEUTRONS; PATENT; PIPES; REACTORS; SHIELDING; WATER COOLANT
Citation Formats
Snell, A H, and Allison, S K. DETECTION OF COATING FAILURES IN A NEUTRONIC REACTOR. United States: N. p., 1958.
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title = {DETECTION OF COATING FAILURES IN A NEUTRONIC REACTOR},
author = {Snell, A H and Allison, S K},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1958},
month = {2}
}
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