Post-accident fission product removal system and method of removing post-accident fission product
AssigneeGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
InventorsMark W. Siewert, Phillip G. Ellison, John R. Bass
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Abstract
A post-accident fission product removal system may include an air mover, a filter assembly, and/or an ionization chamber. The air mover may be configured to move contaminated air through the filter assembly to produce filtered air. The ionization chamber may be connected to the filter assembly. The ionization chamber may include an anode and a cathode. The ionization chamber may be configured to receive the filtered air from the filter assembly and to ionize and capture radioisotopes from the filtered air to produce clean air.
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A post-accident fission product removal system, comprising:
- an air mover connected to a filter assembly, the air mover configured to move contaminated air through the filter assembly to produce filtered air;
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- an ionization chamber connected to the filter assembly, the ionization chamber including an anode and a cathode, the ionization chamber configured to receive the filtered air from the filter assembly and to ionize and capture radioisotopes from the filtered air to produce clean air.
A method of removing a post-accident fission product, the method comprising:
- filtering contaminated air containing radioisotopes to produce filtered air;
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- ionizing the filtered air to facilitate the electrostatic capture of the radioisotopes to produce clean air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.