Instrumented capsule for nuclear fuel irradiation tests in research reactors
    11.
    发明申请
    Instrumented capsule for nuclear fuel irradiation tests in research reactors 失效
    研究堆用核燃料辐射试验用胶囊

    公开(公告)号:US20050105667A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-19

    申请号:US10899922

    申请日:2004-07-26

    IPC分类号: G21C17/06 G21C17/10 G21G1/00

    CPC分类号: G21C17/10

    摘要: An instrumented capsule for nuclear fuel irradiation tests in research reactors. The capsule includes an outer shell; a rod tip assembly assembled to a lower end plate of the shell, thus absorbing impact; fuel rod assemblies supported in the shell by means of support tubes and housing therein sintered fuel bodies and in-capsule instruments, such as thermocouples and self-powered neutron detectors (SPND); a protective tube connected to the upper end plate and protecting instrument control cables; and a guide pipe connected to the inclined extension part of a junction tree and guiding the instrument control cables to a control unit provided outside the reactor. The capsule further includes upper and lower end caps provided around the upper and lower ends of the shell; and a lower stopper and an upper stopper fitted over the protective tube to be supported in the upper portion of the irradiation hole of the reactor and to be locked to the locking clamp provided at the upper portion of the chimney of the reactor, respectively. The capsule is used to measure in real time the properties of nuclear fuels irradiated in the reactor during a nuclear fuel irradiation test, thus providing nuclear fuel irradiation test data required for the design of nuclear fuels and the determination of in-pile performance and structural integrity of the nuclear fuels.

    摘要翻译: 用于核反应堆核燃料辐射试验的仪表胶囊。 胶囊包括外壳; 组装到壳的下端板的杆尖组件,从而吸收冲击力; 燃料棒组件通过支撑管和壳体内支撑在壳体中,烧结燃料体和胶囊内仪器,如热电偶和自供电中子探测器(SPND); 连接到上端板的保护管和保护仪器控制电缆; 以及连接到接合树的倾斜延伸部分并将仪器控制电缆引导到设置在反应器外部的控制单元的引导管。 胶囊还包括围绕壳体的上端和下端设置的上端盖和下端盖; 以及安装在保护管上方的下止动器和上止动件,以分别支撑在反应器的照射孔的上部并被锁定到设置在反应器的烟囱的上部的锁定夹具上。 该胶囊用于在核燃料照射试验期间实时测量在反应堆中照射的核燃料的性质,从而提供设计核燃料所需的核燃料辐射试验数据,以及桩内性能和结构完整性的确定 的核燃料。

    Instrumented capsule for materials irradiation tests in research reactor
    12.
    发明授权
    Instrumented capsule for materials irradiation tests in research reactor 有权
    研究堆用材料辐照试验用胶囊

    公开(公告)号:US06697446B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-24

    申请号:US10219610

    申请日:2002-08-15

    IPC分类号: G21C2300

    摘要: An instrumented capsule for material irradiation tests in research reactors. The instrumented capsule performs an optimum material irradiation test under a testing environment similar to the operational environment of a real reactor. The capsule minimizes the influence of flow-induced vibration caused by forced-circulation-type coolant flow in a research reactor, and overcomes the problems experienced in the conventional breakable parts of instrumented capsules which may be broken during the process of loading/unloading the capsules in vertical irradiation holes of reactor pools. The instrumented capsule includes a capsule main body installed in the vertical irradiation hole. The capsule main body consists of a shell and several instruments, such as thermocouples, dosimeters, a vacuum control pipe, and heaters housed in the shell. The capsule main body also includes heat media, specimens set in the heat media, insulators interposed between adjacent heat media, upper and lower end plugs to seal the ends of the shell, an upper guide spring unit to vertically place the capsule main body in the irradiation hole, and a reinforced lower fixing unit assembled with the lower end plug. The instrumented capsule also includes a connecting means for connecting the capsule main body to a capsule control system installed outside the reactor pool.

    摘要翻译: 用于在研究堆中进行材料辐照测试的仪表胶囊。 仪器化胶囊在与实际反应器的操作环境相似的测试环境下进行最佳材料辐照试验。 胶囊将研究反应堆中由强制循环型冷却剂流引起的流动振动的影响最小化,并且克服了在装载/卸载胶囊的过程中可能破裂的仪器化胶囊的常规易碎部分中遇到的问题 在反应池的垂直照射孔中。 仪表胶囊包括安装在垂直照射孔中的胶囊主体。 胶囊主体由壳体和几个仪器组成,例如热电偶,剂量计,真空控制管和容纳在壳体中的加热器。 胶囊主体还包括热介质,设置在热介质中的试样,置于相邻热介质之间的绝缘体,用于密封外壳端部的上下端塞;上导向弹簧单元,用于将胶囊主体垂直放置在 照射孔和与下端塞组装的加强的下固定单元。 仪表胶囊还包括用于将胶囊主体连接到安装在反应池外部的胶囊控制系统的连接装置。