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Wide range noble gas radiation monitor

CA 1161971 A · Owner: Combustion Engineering, Inc. · Inventors: Wyvill, Jeffrey R.; Kuhlman, Harry S. Iii

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A sample chamber has the noble gases of effluent first pumped through it from a nuclear process. A quantifying detector of noble gases in the effluent has a predetermined range. A control system is actuated by the detector at the setpoint of a predetermined count rate to terminate the flow of the effluent from the first pump to the sample chamber. A second pump is connected to the chamber to evacuate the chamber upon termination of the first flow into the chamber. A restricted passage is connected between the chamber and the effluent with which to draw the effluent through the chamber by the second pump for so long as the quantity of noble gases in the effluent is above the predetermined …

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  • Granted February 7, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 7, 2001.
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FiledOctober 21, 1980
GrantedFebruary 7, 1984
Term endedFebruary 7, 2001
Patent numberCA 1161971 A
Classification (IPC)G01N1/00 +2 more

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1981198419871990199319961999Application filedOct 21, 1980Patent grantedFeb 7, 1984Term endedFeb 7, 2001

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