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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 / ;
Abstract
A neutron guide constituted by two superposed and separable tubular elements extends from the reactor core to the immediate vicinity of the bottom wall of the reactor vessel directly above a neutron detection chamber located outside the vessel. The upper element containing a neutron-emissive medium comprises a closed tube filled with inert gas and engaged coaxially with the lower element which is positioned within a support sleeve. The lower element is provided with another closed sleeve filled with inert gas and terminating near the internal surface of the bottom of the reactor vessel.