Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements inventions 06/06

20060140326 - Portable low energy neutron source for high sensitivity material characterization: A source of low energy neutrons based on a combination of unique technology has resulted in a man-portable package suitable for field use. This source of low energy neutrons produces a forward directed beam to permit local control and it is electrically activated so there is no radiation hazard when...

20060140327 - Magnetic bottle system for plasma containment: It describes the mechanism of a successful magnetic bottle by describing the necessary electronic components and their design. The invention is a circuit composed of electromagnets and their associated black box inputs that create the necessary magnetic fields to impose a pinch effect on hydrogen ion plasma, creating a working...

20060140329 - Device and method for carrying out maintenance work in a region of a plant delimited by a wall having at least two facing surfaces: The maintenance device comprises a robot (2) for carrying out maintenance work in a remote-controlled or programmed way in the maintenance region. The robot (2) comprises a supporting part (2a) connected to a clamping support (3) secured to a means (4) of transporting the maintenance device (1) between an introductory...

20060140328 - Reactor servicing platform: A method of servicing a nuclear reactor during a reactor outage is provided. The reactor includes a primary containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel positioned in the primary containment vessel. The method includes positioning a servicing platform above the reactor pressure vessel and performing predetermined servicing operations on the...

20060140330 - Apparatus and method for measuring rotation during jet pump tensioning: Systems and method for tensioning jet pump beam bolts in a nuclear reactor are disclosed. The nuclear reactor may include at least one jet pump with each jet pump having a jet pump beam and a jet pump beam bolt. The system may include an actuating apparatus and a tensioning...

20060126771 - Propulsion motor: A propulsion motor for rockets and spaceships comprising two cylindrical rings (17) linked by means of a bar (18) forming the motor external structure (17,18) and an exhaust (13,14,15) linked to a third cylindrical ring (17A) and to a reactor room (16) where nuclear fuel (3) explodes and generates a...

20060126772 - Container inspection system with ct tomographic scanning function: A container inspection system with CT tomographic scanning function, which is related to a large container inspection system for Customs, is disclosed, comprising: a radiation source; an annular rotatable rack with the radiation source provided at the outside thereof and rotated with it; an annular rack body for supporting the...

20060126773 - Apparatus for nondestructive measurement of fissle materials in solid radioactive wastes: As the material with which a measurement system in a detection apparatus is built, the neutron absorber-loaded polyethylene which considerably slows down and absorbs fast neutrons is replaced by iron or an alloy thereof which have no moderating action but have great ability to reflect fast neutrons. With this design,...

20060126774 - Internal circulating irradiation capsule for iodine-125 and method of producing iodine-125 using same: A present invention provides an internal circulating irradiation capsule available for the production of iodine-125 and a related production method. The irradiation capsule filled with xenon gas has a lower irradiation part, an upper irradiation part, and a neutron control member. The lower irradiation part is inserted into an irradiation...

20060126775 - Reactivity control rod for core, core of nuclear reactor, nuclear reactor and nuclear power plant: In a nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary...

20060126776 - Radiation measurement device: A radiation measurement device includes a radiation detector generating an analog signal containing pulse components, an A/D converter converting the analog signal into sampled data, an n-th power pulse discrimination unit calculating n-th power values of the sampled data to discriminate the pulse component, where n is two or more,...

20060126777 - Process for the production of polymers using a loop reactor: A polymer can be prepared using a loop reactor and process including feeding a process stream through the loop reactor and maintaining the loop reactor at a steady state by controlling a flow of coolant fluid to maintain a temperature in the loop reactor at a preset point. The temperature...

20060126778 - Reactor pressure vessel of a boiling water reactor and method for water vapor separation in a reactor pressure vessel of a boiling water reactor: A pressure vessel of a reactor has a flow space between the reactor core and a separation device for separating water from water steam. The cross-section area of the flow section of the space expands upstream of the separation device. This makes it possible to pre-separate a water-water steam mixture...

20060115037 - System and a method of automatically sorting objects: This system relates to a system ( and a corresponding method ) of automatically sorting objects, wherein said system comprises a conveyor mechanism configured for conveying an object to a sorter device; a sensor device arranged such that the objects conveyed are caused to be located essentially within a predetermined...