GB1062292A - Improvements in or relating to leak detection, particularly in nuclear fuel elements - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to leak detection, particularly in nuclear fuel elements

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GB1062292A
GB1062292A GB6266/65A GB626665A GB1062292A GB 1062292 A GB1062292 A GB 1062292A GB 6266/65 A GB6266/65 A GB 6266/65A GB 626665 A GB626665 A GB 626665A GB 1062292 A GB1062292 A GB 1062292A
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fuel elements
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nuclear fuel
leak detection
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GB6266/65A
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Frank Morgan
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/16—Details of the construction within the casing
    • G21C3/18—Internal spacers or other non-active material within the casing, e.g. compensating for expansion of fuel rods or for compensating excess reactivity
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/02—Devices or arrangements for monitoring coolant or moderator
    • G21C17/04—Detecting burst slugs
    • G21C17/048—Detecting burst slugs characterised by a special construction of fuel elements, e.g. by a confined "tracer"
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • 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
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Examining Or Testing Airtightness (AREA)

Abstract

1,062,292. Fuel elements. UNITED KING- DOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. Feb. 7, 1966 [Feb. 12, 1965], No. 6266/65. Heading G6C. A method of detecting a leak in the cladding of a fuel element comprises enclosing within the cladding a solid radio-active substance which decays to produce an alpha-particle emitting gas, and monitoring the reactor coolant to detect the presence of the gas. The solid radioactive substance may be thorium-228 or radium- 228 to produce radon-220 (thoron) or the substance may be radium-226 to produce radon-222.
GB6266/65A 1965-02-12 1965-02-12 Improvements in or relating to leak detection, particularly in nuclear fuel elements Expired GB1062292A (en)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2448212A1 (en) * 1979-01-31 1980-08-29 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co FUEL ELEMENT FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR
EP0170343A1 (en) * 1984-06-19 1986-02-05 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Solid tags for identifying failed reactor components
CN104934084A (en) * 2015-04-27 2015-09-23 中广核工程有限公司 Nuclear power plant fuel element cladding failure monitoring method and system

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2448212A1 (en) * 1979-01-31 1980-08-29 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co FUEL ELEMENT FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR
EP0170343A1 (en) * 1984-06-19 1986-02-05 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Solid tags for identifying failed reactor components
CN104934084A (en) * 2015-04-27 2015-09-23 中广核工程有限公司 Nuclear power plant fuel element cladding failure monitoring method and system
CN104934084B (en) * 2015-04-27 2018-10-16 中广核工程有限公司 A kind of fuel for nuclear power plant cladding damage monitoring method and system

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