Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft

Framatome Anp Gmbh

Helmut Stünkel

Anwer Puthawala

An apparatus admits gas into the primary coolant of a pressurized water nuclear reactor having a coolant loop for a liquid coolant, in particular water, to which hydrogen is to be added. The coolant loop preferably includes a volume control tank for the coolant as well as at least one high-pressure pump which admits coolant that has been extracted from the coolant loop back into the coolant loop again. An admission point for the hydrogen is located in a suction line on the suction side of the high-pressure pump. A measurement line on the pressure side of the high-pressure pump communicates with the volume control tank or with a dewatering system. A device for measuring the hydrogen content in the coolant is incorporated into the measurement line. The measuring device is connected through a control device to a control valve, with which the delivery of hydrogen to the admission point can be controlled. The gas admission apparatus assures a definite, precisely maintained hydrogen content in the coolant.

Apparatus for admitting gas into the primary coolant of a pressurized water reactor

Treatment of liquid waste contaminated with volatile radioactive substances under both acid and alkaline conditions in a single unit consisting of a still with connecting superposed column of spaced bubble-cap type plates. The pH of the liquid in the still is different from the pH of liquid reflux in an intermediate group of plates in the column facilitating scrubbing out of the volatile radioactive substances. An intermediate loop for circulating liquid from the bottom plate of the intermediate group to the top plate of the intermediate group at controlled pH is provided for this purpose.

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Erlangen, Germany

Helmut Stünkel