Fission product trap for salt pipe and pump shaft seals and methods of use thereof
OwnerTimothy Head, Derek Haasinventors
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Abstract
A fission product trap for a reactor system, such as for a pipe connection and/or a pump shaft of a pump of the reactor system, includes a porous container. The porous container may be mounted about the pipe connection and/or pump shaft and include an absorbing material contained therein. The absorbing material may be configured to collect fission products emitted from the pipe connection and/or the pump shaft. The fission product trap further includes an assembly encompassing the porous container and that defines a volume about the porous container and the pipe connection and/or the pump shaft.
Claims10
A fission product trap configured for a pipe connection of a nuclear reactor system, the pipe connection defined by a pair of flanges, the trap comprising
- a porous container configured to be mounted about the pipe connection and having an absorbing material contained therein that is configured to collect fission products emitted from the pipe connection;
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- an assembly encompassing the porous container and configured to define a volume about the pipe connection;
- wherein the porous container defines a recessed band configured to receive the pair of flanges therein.
A nuclear reactor system comprising:
- a first pipe,
- a second pipe, wherein the first pipe comprises a first flange and the second pipe comprises a second flange, and wherein the first flange and the second flange cooperate to define a pipe connection, and
- a fission product trap, the fission product trap comprising:
- a porous container configured to be mounted about the pipe connection and having an absorbing material contained therein that is configured to collect fission products emitted from the pipe connection, and
- an assembly encompassing the porous container and configured to define a volume about the pipe connection,
- wherein the porous container defines a recessed band configured to receive the first flange and the second flange therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.