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Device for measuring the power in a nuclear reactor

US4637913A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 5, 1983
Grant dateJan 20, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2003

Classification

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

Abstract

The device comprises, in addition to a gamma thermometer with two junctions and insulated output conductive wires placed in a traversing sheath, an instrument placed outside the reactor for measuring the total current circulating between at least one of the conductive wires and the sheath under the action of the neutron and gamma fluxes in the core.

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