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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1985

Filed:

Mar. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tadakazu Nakayama, Hitachi, JP;

Ryozo Tsuruoka, Hitachi, JP;

Masaki Matsumoto, Hitachi, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376251 ; 376253 ;
Abstract

The nuclear reactor container of a boiling water reactor has a dry well and a pressure suppression chamber. The level of the radioactivity in the cooling water filling the pressure suppression chamber is measured by a liquid radiation monitor. An iodine monitor measures a level of the radioactivity of the iodine in the space above the surface of cooling water in the pressure suppression chamber, while a noble gas monitor measures a level of the radioactivity of noble gas in the same space. Outputs from the liquid radiation monitor, the iodine monitor and the noble gas monitor are delivered to an accident judging device which makes judgement as to occurrence of perforation of fuel rods and melt down of fuel rods in the event of a Loss Of Coolant Accident (LOCA), the result of which is displayed at a display device.


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