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US 12,424,341 B2Granted
Nuclear component testing
OwnerRoger X Lenardinventor
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Abstract
Devices and systems for testing nuclear components are disclosed. An outer shell and inner shell containing a nuclear test component are fed with a test gas which is heated by nuclear reactions. A second gas is fed into the gas outlet to cool the test gas.
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A system for testing nuclear components comprising:
- an outer shell shaped to fit in a nuclear reactor test port;
- an inner shell enclosed in the outer shell with a plenum between the inner shell and the outer shell, the inner shell configured to house a nuclear component;
- a first gas inlet passing through the outer shell and configured to feed a test gas into the plenum, wherein passage through the plenum is configured to warm the test gas, thereby cooling the inner shell and the outer shell;
- an inner gas inlet configured to feed the test gas from the plenum into the inner shell and across a nuclear component;
- the nuclear component configured to heat the test gas;
- a gas outlet configured to draw the test gas away from the nuclear component and out of the outer shell;
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- a second gas inlet passing through the outer shell and configured to feed a second gas into the gas outlet, mixing the test gas with the second gas, thereby cooling the test gas.
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