摘要:
A control rod for a nuclear reactor in an articulated form, and including a series of pivotally connected links. At least one of these links is disclosed, the endmost one, serves as a means for the collection of a gas, with the rest of the links containing a neutron absorbing material. Flexible members extend through pivotal joints between the links, establishing serial communication between the links and serving to convey the gas produced as a result of the absorption of neutrons by said material into said gas collection means.
摘要:
A liquid-metal-cooled reactor comprising two rotatable plugs, one of them, having at least one hole, being arranged internally of the other, a recharging mechanism with a guide tube adapted to be moved through the hole of the first plug by means of a drive, and a device for detecting stacks with leaky fuel elements, the recharging mechanism tube serving as a sampler.
摘要:
A method of detecting stacks with leaky fuel elements in a liquid-metal-cooled reactor, consisting in that prior to withdrawing a coolant sample, gas is accumulated in the coolant of the stack being controlled, the reactor being shut down, separated from the sample by means of an inert carrier gas, and the radioactivity of the separated gas is measured. An apparatus for carrying out said method comprises a sampler in the form of a tube parallel to the reactor axis in the hole of a rotating plug and adapted to move along the reactor axis. Made in the top portion of the tube are holes for the introduction of the inert carrier gas and the removal thereof together with the gases evolved from the coolant, while the bottom portion of the tube is provided with a sealing member.