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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Ge-hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Llc, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Martin Welsh, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/032 (2006.01); G21C 15/25 (2006.01); G21C 17/017 (2006.01); F04F 5/10 (2006.01); B05B 15/62 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/0328 (2013.01); B08B 9/0323 (2013.01); G21C 15/25 (2013.01); G21C 17/017 (2013.01); B05B 15/62 (2018.02); F04F 5/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cleaning a jet pump assembly of a nuclear reactor may comprise evacuating an interior of the jet pump assembly that is filled with a first liquid by injecting a gas to purge the first liquid from the interior to provide an evacuated surface. In addition, the method may comprise directing a jet of a second liquid onto the evacuated surface.