Means and techniques useful in the monitoring and accountability of radioactive materials
US4751040A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21F5/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Afterheat being released from a radioactive storage system is measured and monitored. Changes in heat release with respect to time is related to expected radioactive decay processes of the confined radioactive materials. Material leakage from storage is detected and defined by deviations from the normal expected heat release-time function being monitored. Such deviations or lack of deviations, as the case may be, provide the desired accountability of the radioactive materials.
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