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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Framatome Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Wolfgang Hummel, Neumarkt, DE;
Assignee:
FRAMATOME GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 (2006.01); G21C 17/07 (2006.01); G21C 19/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/205 (2013.01); G21C 17/07 (2013.01); G21C 19/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for performing a leak test on a fuel rod capsule, which contains at least one fuel rod and test gas, which device comprises a test container, which is designed to accommodate at least one fuel rod capsule and can be lowered into a pool of a nuclear plant flooded with water. According to the invention, a mass spectrometer is fluidically connected to the interior of the test container in such a way that a gas flow can be fed to the mass spectrometer in order to sense the concentration of the test gas that has diffused into the test container from the fuel rod capsule.