Published May 8, 1984 | Version v1
Patent Metadata-only

Bolt failure detection

Creators

Description

Each bolts of a liquid metal fast breeder reactor is provided with an internal chamber filled with a specific, unique radioactive tag gas. Detection of the tag gas is indicative of a crack in an identifiable bolt

Availability note (English)

U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
v p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C 17/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C 17/00.
Patent number
US patent document 4,447,388/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16046502
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BOLTED JOINTS; CRACKS; ENCAPSULATION; FAILURES; FASTENERS; GASES; LEAK DETECTORS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MONITORING; REACTOR SAFETY; TRACER TECHNIQUES
Descriptors DEC
BREEDER REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FLUIDS; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; JOINTS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; REACTORS; SAFETY

Optional Information

Notes
PAT-APPL-325880.