High pressure ion chamber enclosure support mount
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEdward Joseph Baus, Joseph Paul Constant, Kenneth Keith Lambach
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Abstract
A radiation detection assembly includes an ionization chamber for detecting radiation. An exterior enclosure houses the ionization chamber within an interior volume. A pair of support structures support the ionization chamber with respect to the exterior enclosure. The support structures are disposed opposite each other at a surface of the ionization chamber such that the ionization chamber is symmetric with respect to an axis extending between the support structures. A method of supporting the radiation detection assembly is also provided.
Claims20
A radiation detection assembly for detecting radiation in a local area atmosphere, the assembly including:
- a spherical ionization chamber for receiving the radiation from the local area atmosphere and detecting the radiation, the ionization chamber having an outer surface;
- an exterior enclosure housing the ionization chamber within an interior volume, with the interior volume being substantially hollow and bounding space, with no material contacting the outer surface of the ionization chamber and blocking the outer surface of the ionization chamber from the radiation at the interior volume;
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- a pair of support structures supporting the ionization chamber with respect to the exterior enclosure, the support structures being disposed diametrically opposite each other at a surface of the ionization chamber such that the ionization chamber is symmetric with respect to an axis extending between the support structures through the ionization chamber.
A radiation detection assembly for detecting radiation in a local area atmosphere, the assembly including:
- a spherical ionization chamber for receiving the radiation from the local area atmosphere and detecting the radiation, the ionization chamber having an outer surface;
- an exterior enclosure housing the ionization chamber within an interior volume, with the interior volume being substantially hollow and bounding space, with no material contacting the outer surface of the ionization chamber and blocking the outer surface of the ionization chamber from the radiation at the interior volume;
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- a pair of support structures supporting the ionization chamber a distance apart from the exterior enclosure, the support structures being disposed diametrically opposite each other at a surface of the ionization chamber such that the ionization chamber is symmetric with respect to an axis extending between the support structures through the ionization chamber, the ionization chamber being non-contacted along the surface extending between the opposing support structures.
A method of supporting a spherical ionization chamber in a radiation detection assembly that is for detecting radiation in a local area atmosphere, with the chamber being configured to receive the radiation from the local area atmosphere and detect the radiation and the ionization chamber having an outer surface, the method including:
- providing an exterior enclosure having an interior volume, with the interior volume being substantially hollow and bounding space;
- positioning the spherical ionization chamber within the interior volume with no material contacting the outer surface of the ionization chamber and blocking the outer surface of the ionization chamber from the radiation at the interior volume;
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- supporting the ionization chamber with respect to the exterior enclosure with a pair of support structures disposed diametrically opposite each other at a surface of the ionization chamber such that the ionization chamber is symmetric with respect to an axis extending between the support structures through the ionization chamber.
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