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Apparatus for decontaminating a radioactively contaminated coolant

US4123324A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 1977
Grant dateOct 31, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 25, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for decontaminating a radioactively contaminated coolant flowing through the core of a nuclear reactor wherein the coolant containing radioactively contaminated impurities is withdrawn from the core, precooled and cooled, and then the impurities are removed therefrom by ion exchange, before the coolant is returned to the core.

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