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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:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Burack, Pleasant Hills, PA (US);
August J Friedrich, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Albert J Dietrich, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252626 ; 376310 ; 165 95 ; 134 2212 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises a method for conducting a decontamination solution into a nuclear steam generator for radioactively decontaminating the nuclear steam generator. The invention also comprises controlling the level of the decontamination solution in the heat exchange tubes of the nuclear steam generator in a manner to raise and lower, sequentially, the level of the decontamination solution in the tubes so as to replenish the decontamination solution in the tubes and to carry away the radioactive contaminates.