Method and Apparatus for Assessing the State of a Spent-fuel Facility
| Publication Number: | GB2530969B |
| Application Date: | 4. 6. 2014 |
| Assignee/Applicant: | Jožef Stefan Institute [SI] |
| Inventor: | Marko Matkovič, Iztok Tiselj, Ivo Kljenak, Andrej Prošek, Matjaž Leskovar, Ljubo Fabjan, Leon Cizelj |
| Title: | Method and Apparatus for Assessing the State of a Spent-fuel Facility |
| Description: | This disclosure provides a system for assessing a state of a pool 12 for storing spent nuclear fuel rods or assemblies 14. The system allows a forecast to be made regarding the future development of the coolant (water) level elevation h(t) within the pond based on a measured leakage 22 of coolant 16 therefrom. A flow meter 26 measures the outflow of coolant from a dyke 24 arranged to collect coolant leaking from a rupture 22 in the spent-fuel facility 10. Additional parameters such as the coolant inflow rate, the temperature of the coolant inflow, the temperature of the bulk coolant, a radiation dose rate in the vicinity of the spent-fuel facility etc, may also be taken into account for assessing the location and size of the rupture, as well as for course prediction of the event. |
| Drawings: |  |
| Category: | Physical Sciences |
| Technology application codes: | Industrial manufacturing, material and transport , Energy, Protecting man and environment |
| Market application codes: | Industrial products |
| www: | https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/051214696/publication/GB2530969B?q=GB2530969B |
| Patent offices: | GB |
Extended patent application
| Publication Number: | SI24756A |
| Application Date: | 16. 10. 2014 |
| Assignee/Applicant: | Jožef Stefan Institute [SI] |
| Inventor: | Marko Matkovič, Iztok Tiselj, Ivo Kljenak, Andrej Prošek, Matjaž Leskovar, Ljubo Fabjan, Leon Cizelj |
| Title: | Metoda in naprava za posredno karakterizacijo poškodbe bazena za izrabljeno jedrsko gorivo |
| www: | https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/051214696/publication/SI24756A?q=GB2530969B |