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.
Claims20
A fission product trap for a pipe connection of a reactor system, the trap comprising
- a porous container 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 defining a volume about the porous container and the pipe connection.
A fission product trap for a pump shaft of a pump of a reactor system, the trap comprising
- a porous container mounted about the pump shaft and having an absorbing material contained therein that is configured to collect fission products emitted from along the pump shaft;
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- an assembly encompassing the porous container and defining a volume about the porous container and the pump shaft.
A method for capturing fission products from a reactor system, the method comprising
- operating the reactor system including generating the fission products;
- emitting the fission products at one or both of a pipe connection or pump shaft of the reactor system, and
- receiving the fission products into an absorbing material arranged about the pipe connection or the pump shaft of the reactor system, wherein the absorbing material is arranged in a porous container mounted about the pipe connection or the pump shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.