Monitoring of tritium
Abstract
The fluid from a breeder nuclear reactor, which may be the sodium cooling fluid or the helium reactor-cover-gas, or the helium coolant of a gas-cooled reactor passes over the portion of the enclosure of a gaseous discharge device which is permeable to hydrogen and its isotopes. The tritium diffused into the discharge device is radioactive producing beta rays which ionize the gas (argon) in the discharge device. The tritium is monitored by measuring the ionization current produced when the sodium phase and the gas phase of the hydrogen isotopes within the enclosure are in equilibrium.
- Inventors:
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- Turtle Creek, PA
- Greensburg, PA
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863770
- Patent Number(s):
- 4244783
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- E(11-1)-3045
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- monitoring; tritium; fluid; breeder; nuclear; reactor; sodium; cooling; helium; reactor-cover-gas; coolant; gas-cooled; passes; portion; enclosure; gaseous; discharge; device; permeable; hydrogen; isotopes; diffused; radioactive; producing; beta; rays; ionize; gas; argon; monitored; measuring; ionization; current; produced; phase; equilibrium; current produced; beta rays; gas-cooled reactor; hydrogen isotope; cooling fluid; discharge device; gas phase; nuclear reactor; hydrogen isotopes; beta ray; producing beta; helium coolant; breeder nuclear; cooled reactor; /376/310/313/324/976/
Citation Formats
Corbett, James A, and Meacham, Sterling A. Monitoring of tritium. United States: N. p., 1981.
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Corbett, James A, & Meacham, Sterling A. Monitoring of tritium. United States.
Corbett, James A, and Meacham, Sterling A. Thu .
"Monitoring of tritium". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863770.
@article{osti_863770,
title = {Monitoring of tritium},
author = {Corbett, James A and Meacham, Sterling A},
abstractNote = {The fluid from a breeder nuclear reactor, which may be the sodium cooling fluid or the helium reactor-cover-gas, or the helium coolant of a gas-cooled reactor passes over the portion of the enclosure of a gaseous discharge device which is permeable to hydrogen and its isotopes. The tritium diffused into the discharge device is radioactive producing beta rays which ionize the gas (argon) in the discharge device. The tritium is monitored by measuring the ionization current produced when the sodium phase and the gas phase of the hydrogen isotopes within the enclosure are in equilibrium.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}
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