Nuclear reactor ex-core startup neutron detector
CA 1083269 A · Owner: Combustion Engineering, Inc. · Inventors: Wyvill, Jeffrey R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A scintillation type neutron detector is provided herein for the measurement of neutrons with optimum neutron sensitivity and minimum gamma sensitivity. A large diameter radiation insensitive photomultiplier tube is optically connected to a scintillating medium which is responsive to thermalized neutrons. The neutrons available for detection are thermalized by a neutron moderating material adjacent to the scintillator medium. Enclosing and shielding the photomultiplier the scin-, tillator medium, and the moderator is a combined lead and borated silicone resin housing.
Read the whole patent
Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted August 5, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 5, 1997.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
Timeline
Timeline From CIPO dates
Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.