Published December 8, 1975 | Version v1
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Nuclear reactor cooled by a liquid metal capable of transmitting ultrasonic signals

Creators

Description

The liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor described includes an ultrasonic transducer assembly to generate and receive signals, and a system to form a liquid waveguide for transmitting signals to and from a cooling liquid bath. The waveguide formation system includes a vertical dip tube housing the transducer assembly, an apparatus to suck up a column of liquid metal from the bath into the tube in several stages and a system for cooling the upper part of the column between the cooling stages and before the transducer assembly is immersed

Abstract (French)

On presente un reacteur nucleaire refroidi par un metal liquide qui comprend un ensemble a transducteur ultrasonore destine a creer et recevoir des signaux et un dispositif destine a former un guide d'onde liquide de transmission des signaux vers un bain de fluide de refroidissement et a partir de ce bain. Le dispositif de formtion d'un guide d'onde comprend un tube plongeur vertical logeant l'ensemble a transducteur, un appareil d'aspiration d'une colonne de metal liquide du bain dans le tube en plusieurs etapes, et un dispositif de refroidissement de la region superieure de la colonne entre les etapes de refroidissement et avant immersion de l'ensemble a transducteur

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Reacteur nucleaire refroidi par un metal liquide capable de transmettre des signaux ultrasonores de controle

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
12 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21c17/02.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21c17/02.
Patent number
FR patent document 2294518/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
8311014
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
IN CORE INSTRUMENTS; INSPECTION; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR OPERATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TESTING
Descriptors DEC
ACOUSTIC TESTING; BREEDER REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OPERATION; REACTORS; TESTING

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Notes
Available from Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle, Paris (France); priority claim: 12 Dec 1974, UK.