PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240304346A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18264291

    申请日:2021-09-24

    摘要: Passive cooling systems and methods, in which an infinite cooling circulation occurs by itself while cooling water is passively circulated without separate operation and control of an operator and supply of an external power source in the event of an abnormality in a nuclear reactor. The passive cooling system includes an energy release space; an energy absorbing space to which a pressure in the energy release space is transferred; an energy transfer space which absorbs and cools heat transferred from the nuclear reactor vessel as the cooling water; an emergency cooling flow passage for transferring heat to the energy transfer space; a reactor thermal insulation vessel; a pressure equalization pipe to transfer water vapor and pressure in the reactor thermal insulation vessel to the energy absorbing space; and a coolant spray pipe for flowing pressurized cooling water by the pressure equalization pipe to the energy transfer space.

    Method for simultaneous analysis of radiocarbon and tritium

    公开(公告)号:US12013499B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US17959811

    申请日:2022-10-04

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method for simultaneous analysis of radiocarbon and tritium, the method including (i) mixing a radioactive waste sample containing a radiocarbon nuclide and tritiated water, and an oxidizing agent; (ii) oxidizing the radiocarbon nuclide in the radioactive waste sample to a gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide by the oxidizing agent while suppressing volatilization of compounds containing gamma radionuclides other than the radiocarbon nuclide and tritium; (iii) discharging the gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide by injecting an inert gas to the mixture; (iv) vaporizing and discharging the tritiated water in the mixture; and (v) analyzing radioactivity of radiocarbon and tritium from the discharged gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide and tritiated water, and an apparatus for analysis of the same.