EP4248465A1 - Dispositif de blocage pour arrêter des corps solides irradiés ou destinés à être irradiés - Google Patents

Dispositif de blocage pour arrêter des corps solides irradiés ou destinés à être irradiés

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EP4248465A1
EP4248465A1 EP21805468.2A EP21805468A EP4248465A1 EP 4248465 A1 EP4248465 A1 EP 4248465A1 EP 21805468 A EP21805468 A EP 21805468A EP 4248465 A1 EP4248465 A1 EP 4248465A1
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open position
closed position
actuating element
bodies
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Thomas Maibach
Pascal BACHMANN
Alexander Menges
Sebastian Ziegler
Felix Böhler
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/28—Arrangements for introducing fluent material into the reactor core; Arrangements for removing fluent material from the reactor core
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/10—Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure with sensitive instruments, e.g. for measuring radioactivity, strain
    • G21C17/108—Measuring reactor flux
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T3/00—Measuring neutron radiation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/20—Arrangements for introducing objects into the pressure vessel; Arrangements for handling objects within the pressure vessel; Arrangements for removing objects from the pressure vessel
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C23/00—Adaptations of reactors to facilitate experimentation or irradiation
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21G—CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
    • G21G1/00—Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • the present invention relates to a shut-off device for stopping irradiated solids or solids to be irradiated in a line system which is used to transport the solids by means of a propellant fluid, in particular a propellant gas, into and out of a nuclear reactor.
  • the shut-off device can be used in particular to stop balls of a ball measuring system that is used to measure the neutron flux distribution in a nuclear reactor.
  • the shut-off device can be used to stop targets of a nuclide activation system, which is used to irradiate the targets in a nuclear reactor.
  • bullet measurement systems In order to measure the neutron flux distribution in a nuclear reactor, for example in a nuclear power plant, bullet measurement systems are known, which are often also referred to as bullet measurement systems.
  • the flux distribution determined by means of a ball measuring system is used, among other things, to regularly recalibrate the continuously measuring (but equipped with fewer measuring points) neutron measuring systems and to validate their signals.
  • a ball measurement system usually comprises a number of tubes which protrude into the reactor core in a vertical direction at a number of points parallel to the fuel rods.
  • steel balls containing vanadium are transported into the tubes via a pipe system and with the help of a propellant gas, where they remain lined up along the fuel rods for a few minutes and are activated by the neutrons. With the help of the propellant the balls are then transported via the line system to a measuring table outside the reactor. There, the activity of the steel balls is measured with radiation detectors.
  • the individual spheres can each be assigned to a position in the reactor core and the radiation activity of the spheres can be used to draw conclusions about the neutron flux at the respective points in the reactor core.
  • the line system usually has a large number of control valves. Similarly, control valves can be used to distribute the balls to different positions on the stage.
  • the spheres When transported through the pipe system, the spheres each receive a high level of kinetic energy and must be stopped before they reach the measurement position, for example, or if no measurement is carried out and the spheres are brought into a parking position.
  • emergency closing blocks are used, for example in the event of a leak in an instrumentation finger, to separate a line system section near the reactor from a line system section remote from the reactor.
  • rotary valves and ball valve valves are used to stop the balls or to close the lines.
  • the existing ball measuring system can also be used for the irradiation of nuclides.
  • the resulting radionuclides are used in medicine, but also in other areas of technology.
  • nuclide activation targets can be placed in the instrumentation fingers of a ball measuring system if no measurement is being carried out.
  • the targets which can be spherical, oval or cylindrical or have any other shape, are injected into the instrumentation fingers arranged in the reactor core by means of a propellant gas through the line system of the ball measuring system in the same way as the measuring balls.
  • the measuring balls are in a parking position. If a measurement becomes necessary, the targets have to be removed from the tubes in the reactor core and transported to a parking position via the line system.
  • the targets each receive a high level of kinetic energy during transport through the pipe system and must be positioned at or in front of each other can be stopped after reaching the parking position or in the event of an emergency. It must also be possible to remove the targets from the system after a sufficient irradiation time and to replace them with new targets to be irradiated. Here, too, stopping processes are necessary in order to slow down the targets before they are transferred to a removal container. In the same way as for stopping the measuring balls, rotary valves and ball valve valves are also used for stopping the targets in the prior art.
  • DE 10 2017 125 606 A1 discloses ball valve valves that are connected to one another in a rotationally rigid manner for stopping and distributing measuring balls and targets.
  • the ball valve valves can be adjusted together using a single drive shaft.
  • shut-off device for stopping irradiated solids or solids to be irradiated in a line system, which is easy to manufacture and space-saving.
  • a shut-off device is proposed, as specified in the claim.
  • claims 12 and 13 specify two different uses for such a shut-off device.
  • Advantageous embodiments are specified in the dependent claims.
  • the present invention therefore provides a shut-off device for stopping irradiated solids or solids to be irradiated in a line system which is used to transport the solids by means of a propellant fluid, in particular a propellant gas, into and out of a nuclear reactor and in particular form part of a ball measuring system can.
  • the shut-off device has at least one base body with a continuous channel for the solids, as well as an actuating element arranged within the base body, which can be adjusted between an open position and a closed position relative to the base body in such a way that the channel for the solids is continuous in the open position and in the closed position is closed.
  • the actuating element can be brought from the open position into the closed position and from the closed position into the open position by means of displacement, ie by means of a translatory movement, relative to the at least one base body.
  • shut-off device Since the actuating element for opening and closing the shut-off device is displaced and not rotated as in the prior art, there are many possibilities for not only making the shut-off device easier to manufacture, but also for designing and arranging it in a particularly space-saving manner. In particular, rounded surfaces are no longer mandatory.
  • the continuous channel present in each base body is thus closed in each case, ie blocked for the solid bodies, or opened.
  • the actuating element extends into the base body or bodies in such a way that it interrupts the channel or channels in its closed position or releases it in the open position.
  • the channel or channels extend on both sides of the actuating element and, depending on the position, the actuating element forms a locking bar or creates a connection between the two channel parts that are present on both sides.
  • the actuating element preferably has corresponding connecting channels.
  • channel means a line that is completely enclosed by material, ie the channel forms a completely enclosed opening for the solids to pass through.
  • the irradiated or to be irradiated solids can be used in particular as part of a ball measuring system for measuring the neutron flux distribution in the nuclear reactor.
  • the solid bodies are preferably made of steel containing vanadium.
  • the line system then forms, together with the balls, part of a ball measurement system (also known as a shot measurement system).
  • the solid bodies that are irradiated or to be irradiated can also be nuclide activation targets, which are irradiated in the reactor core for medical purposes, for example.
  • the line system then forms part of a nuclide activation system, which is preferably present and used in combination with a ball measuring system.
  • the nuclide activation system can be retrofitted subsequently to supplement a ball measuring system.
  • the solid bodies are preferably spheres. In principle, however, they can also have any other shape, with a cylindrical, pellet-like shape being particularly suitable.
  • the solid bodies usually have an outside diameter of one millimeter to two millimeters. Accordingly, the lines of the line system also have an inside diameter of one millimeter to 2 millimeters.
  • the inside diameter of the lines and the continuous channel of the at least one base body can be slightly larger than the outside diameter of the solid body, but no more than one and a half times the outside diameter of the solid body.
  • the propellant fluid can be a liquid or, which is preferred, a gas.
  • the propellant gas is preferably nitrogen (N2).
  • the propellant fluid is introduced into the line system in order to convey the solids through the line system by means of positive and negative pressure.
  • the line system is in particular a piggable line system.
  • the shut-off device has a plurality of such base bodies, each with a continuous channel. are advantageous the channels of all base bodies in the open position of the actuating element for the solids are continuous and closed in the closed position.
  • the shut-off device is then preferably used to shut off several lines.
  • By moving the actuating element, which as mentioned preferably forms a locking bar it is also possible in a very simple manner to close or open a plurality of channels for the solid bodies provided in each case in a base body.
  • the base bodies are preferably arranged one behind the other and the actuating element extends through all the base bodies. As a result, the additional space requirement for further channels that are to be shut off by the shut-off device is minimal.
  • the channels advantageously extend parallel to one another. If the base bodies are also all arranged one behind the other, the channels are then arranged in a common plane. Such an arrangement is not only particularly space-saving, but the channels can also be closed and opened very easily by moving a single actuating element for the solid bodies, in particular can be closed and opened at the same time.
  • the shut-off device thus preferably has a plurality of base bodies, but only a single actuating element, which is used to close and open the channels of all base bodies.
  • the several base bodies are arranged one behind the other and clamped between two clamping elements.
  • End blocks or covers can be used as clamping elements, for example, which abut from opposite sides against a row of base bodies arranged in between and are connected to one another by means of one or more connecting elements such as in particular connecting screws.
  • the clamping elements are preferably drawn towards one another by means of the connecting elements and thereby clamp the base bodies arranged between them against one another.
  • the clamping elements thus serve to hold the base body and advantageously the shut-off device together as a whole.
  • the connecting element or elements preferably extend through the base body.
  • the base body or base bodies preferably each have a cuboid external shape. If there are several base bodies, they are preferably configured identically. This simplifies production.
  • the shut-off device can be designed in such a way that the number of base bodies can be adjusted as required.
  • the shut-off is this non-destructive disassembled, so that more Base bodies can be added or existing ones can be removed before the shut-off device is then reassembled.
  • the shut-off device therefore preferably has a modular structure.
  • the at least one base body preferably has a passage opening which intersects with the channel, in particular intersects at right angles, through which the actuating element extends in a displaceable manner. If there are several base bodies, all base bodies preferably have such a through opening intersecting with the channel.
  • the control element then extends through the through-openings of all base bodies, so that all channels can be closed or opened by moving the control element for the solid bodies.
  • the channel or channels are preferably open to the driving fluid in the closed position of the actuating element, that is to say blocked only for the solid bodies, but not for the driving fluid.
  • the at least one base body and/or the actuating element preferably has a groove, in particular an annular groove, in order to enable a passage for the propellant fluid in the closed position as well. If the adjusting element extends through the at least one base body and there is a channel part on both sides of the adjusting element in the closed position, the groove preferably extends from the first channel part to the second channel part. In this way, the channel is in the closed position closed to the solids by the actuating element, but still permeable to the propellant fluid due to the groove.
  • the shut-off unit can also be designed in such a way that the channels of the base bodies are closed both for the solid bodies and for the propellant fluid when the actuating element is in the closed position.
  • the at least one base body and/or the actuating element can have a braking device for braking the solid bodies.
  • the actuating element can have a further continuous or non-continuous opening or recess parallel to the continuous connection channel or channels, which extends parallel to the connection channel into the base body and into which a spiral or other spring is inserted to keep the solid bodies brake in the closed position of the actuating element.
  • a damping element can also be present in order to dampen the deceleration of the solid bodies.
  • the braking device can also be formed in that the above-mentioned grooves, in particular annular grooves, which are formed on the actuating element in order to form a passage for the driving fluid in the closed position, are omitted or only have small dimensions.
  • the propellant fluid When a solid body approaches the actuating element that is in the closed position, the propellant fluid then forms a cushion, which decelerates the solid body.
  • the actuating element In order to transport the solid bodies away from the shut-off device again with the aid of the propellant fluid, the actuating element could be pushed back into the open position, so that the propellant fluid can pass through the actuating element unhindered. Braking reduces the momentum of impact of the solid body on the actuating element, as a result of which the actuating element and the solid bodies are subjected to less wear.
  • a seal is advantageously provided in order to seal the at least one base body in relation to the actuating element in such a way that neither in the open position nor in the closed position can gas escape between the base body and the actuating element and out of the channel to the outside.
  • “Outside” here means the environment outside the shut-off device.
  • shut-off device has a plurality of base bodies
  • a sealing element is preferably arranged between adjacent base bodies in order to prevent gas from escaping between the base bodies, either in the open position or in the closed position.
  • “outside” means the environment outside the shut-off device.
  • the shut-off device preferably has a stop surface, which serves to stop the actuating element when it is moved into the open position, in order thereby to define the open position.
  • a stop surface which serves to stop the actuating element when it is moved into the open position, in order thereby to define the open position.
  • the shut-off device also has a drive, which for Adjusting the actuating element from the open position to the closed position and vice versa is used.
  • the drive can in particular be an electric or hydraulic drive.
  • the drive can be a rotary drive or a linear drive.
  • the drive is a pneumatic drive, ie a drive that is based on compressed air or on another gas, such as in particular nitrogen, as the working medium.
  • the shut-off device preferably has a drive piston which is attached to the actuating element and which can be moved in two opposite directions by means of gas pressure.
  • the shut-off device preferably has a piston chamber in which the drive piston is arranged in a displaceable manner.
  • the present invention also relates to the use of the shut-off device, as described above, as a stopping element for balls of a ball measuring system, which is used to measure the neutron flux distribution in a nuclear reactor.
  • the shut-off device can then also be referred to as a ball stopper.
  • the blocking device is advantageously used to stop the balls in the parking position.
  • the blocking device can also be arranged between the parking position and a measuring point, in particular a measuring table, in order to stop the balls in the parking position and, if necessary, to let them through to the measuring point.
  • the present invention relates to the use of the shut-off device, as described above, as a stopping element for targets of a nuclide activation system, which serves to irradiate the targets in a nuclear reactor.
  • the blocking device can then also be referred to as a target stopper or, if the targets are in the form of balls, as a ball stopper.
  • the blocking device advantageously serves to stop the target in the parking position.
  • the blocking device can also be arranged between the parking position and a removal point where the sufficiently irradiated targets can be removed from the nuclide activation system in order to stop the targets in the parking position and, if necessary, to let them through to the removal point.
  • a connection box can be arranged between the shut-off device and the extraction point, which preferably, depending on which lines are connected, serves to forward the targets to the extraction point or to introduce or discharge propellant fluid into/from the nuclide activation system.
  • shut-off device can be used in other embodiments and with a corresponding design, for example, as an emergency closing device.
  • the emergency closing device can be used, for example, to separate a line system section near the reactor from a line system section remote from the reactor if a leak occurs in an instrumentation finger.
  • the blocking device is preferably arranged within a shield which shields the radiation emanating from the irradiated solid bodies from the outside.
  • Fig. 1 is a functional diagram of a combined ball measuring system and a
  • nuclide activation system in a nuclear power plant
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a shut-off device according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows another perspective view of the shut-off device of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows a central sectional view of the shut-off device of FIG. 2, with the piston in the open position;
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view on plane V-V (see Figure 4) of the shut-off device of Figure 2;
  • FIG. 6 shows a sectional view in the plane VI-VI (see FIG. 4) of the shut-off device of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 7 shows a sectional view, shown only partially, in the plane VII-VII (see FIG. 4) of the shut-off device of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view on the plane VIII-VIII (see FIG. 5) of the shut-off device of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 9 shows a detailed view of the region IX marked in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 10 shows a central sectional view of the shut-off device of FIG. 2, with the piston in the closed position;
  • Fig. 11 is a central sectional view of a shut-off device according to another embodiment of the invention, with the piston in the open position;
  • FIG. 12 shows a central sectional view of the shut-off device of FIG. 11, with the piston in the closed position;
  • FIG. 13 shows a central sectional view in the plane VIII-VIII (see FIG. 11) of the shut-off device of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 14 shows a central sectional view of a shut-off device from FIG. 11, with a handle for manual operation; such as
  • FIG. 15 shows a further functional diagram of a combined ball measuring system and a nuclide activation system in a nuclear power plant, with the shut-off device of FIG. 11 being used twice.
  • FIG. 1 shows a functional diagram of a nuclide activation system 4 combined with a ball measuring system 3, such as is used in a nuclear power plant with a nuclear reactor 1, for example.
  • Two shut-off devices 5 according to the invention are used in an associated line system 2 .
  • An example of an embodiment of such a shut-off device according to the invention is shown in more detail in FIGS.
  • a further example of an embodiment of a shut-off device according to the invention is shown in FIGS.
  • FIG. 15 shows a functional diagram which is expanded compared to FIG. 1 and which is particularly suitable for the double use of a shut-off device according to this further example.
  • Functionally identical or similar features of different embodiments are provided with the same reference symbols in the drawings.
  • the line system 2 has a large number of lines 21 which, depending on the case, represent part of the ball measuring system 3 or of the nuclide activation system 4 or belong to both systems. It is used to introduce measuring spheres or nuclide activation targets into one or usually several instrumentation fingers of the nuclear reactor 1 and to transport them out again after a sufficient dwell time.
  • a propellant fluid preferably a propellant gas, is used to transport the measuring spheres or targets, ie the spheres or targets are transported through the line system 2 by means of positive and negative pressure.
  • the preferred propellant gas is nitrogen (N2).
  • the lines 21 are dimensioned with respect to their inside diameters such that the balls or targets can be easily conveyed by means of the propellant gas without being able to change positions with one another. Accordingly, the lines 21 have an inner line diameter which approximately corresponds to the outer diameter of the spheres or targets. At most, the inner diameter of the lines 21 is slightly larger, ie preferably by a maximum of 10%, more preferably by a maximum of 5%, than the outer diameter of the spheres and the targets. The spheres and the targets preferably have approximately the same outside diameter.
  • the ball measuring system 3 has a parking position 32, which is provided for parking the measuring balls when no measurement is being carried out.
  • the measuring balls are preferably arranged next to one another in several parallel rows. Each row preferably corresponds to an instrumentation finger in the nuclear reactor 1, i.e. the arrangement of the measuring balls in the parking position 32 corresponds to the arrangement of the measuring balls in the nuclear reactor 1.
  • a shut-off device 5 is provided, which can also be referred to as a ball stopper.
  • a shield 33 is provided which completely surrounds the parking position 32 and the blocking device 5 in order to protect the surroundings from radioactive radiation.
  • the measuring balls are preferably steel balls containing vanadium.
  • a measuring table 31 with several radiation detectors is provided for measuring the activity of the balls irradiated in the nuclear reactor 1 .
  • the measuring balls are preferably arranged next to one another in several parallel rows, analogously to the parking position 32 , with each row preferably corresponding to exactly one instrumentation finger in the nuclear reactor 1 . This makes it easy to draw from the measured radiation of each measuring sphere to the neutron flux at a corresponding point in the nuclear reactor 1 getting closed.
  • Corresponding connecting lines 21 are provided in order to transport the measuring balls from the parking position 32 to the measuring table 31 or in the opposite direction.
  • the blocking unit has an actuating element, explained in more detail below, with which the passages from the parking position 32 to the connecting lines 21 and thus to the measuring table 31 for the balls can be released or blocked.
  • the nuclide activation system 4 also has a parking position 42, which is provided for parking the nuclide activation target.
  • the targets are preferably arranged next to one another in several parallel rows.
  • each row preferably corresponds to one instrumentation finger in the nuclear reactor 1, i.e. the arrangement of the targets in the parked position 32 corresponds to the arrangement of the measuring balls in the nuclear reactor 1.
  • the parked position is occupied by the targets in particular when the shotgun system 2 is used to carry out a measurement must be carried out.
  • dummy targets can be used for these points, which are only used for the correct arrangement of the targets in the nuclear reactor 1, but are not intended for the subsequent e.g. medical use.
  • shut-off device 5 In order to stop the targets being returned from the nuclear reactor 1 when they reach the parking position 42, a shut-off device 5 is also provided here.
  • a shield 43 is provided which completely surrounds the parking position 42 and the blocking device 5 in order to protect the surroundings from radioactive radiation.
  • the parking position 42 can be connected via corresponding connecting lines 21 and a connection box 41 to removal lines which open into a removal container 44 .
  • the actuating element of the shut-off device 5 is moved to the open position so that the passage in the shut-off device 5 is released and the targets can be transported to the removal container 44.
  • the connection box 41 is used to introduce nitrogen, i.e. the propellant, into the nuclide activation system 4 via corresponding ⁇ lines 24.
  • the ⁇ lines 24 are disconnected from the connection box 41, for example by hand, and instead the extraction lines coupled. Corresponding quick couplings 45 are advantageously provided for this purpose.
  • the transport of the targets from the parking position 42 into the removal container 44 can take place, for example, using the force of gravity.
  • the measuring balls and the nuclide activation targets are distributed from the parking positions 32 and 42 to the various instrumentation fingers of the nuclear reactor 1 by means of one or more distributor points 22.
  • the lines 21 leading to the park positions 32 and 42 are connected to the lines 21 by means of the distributor points 22 , which lead to the respective instrumentation fingers.
  • the distributor switch(es) 22 can be designed, for example, according to the information in DE 10 2017 125 606 A1.
  • An emergency closing device 23 is also provided in the line system 2 in the immediate vicinity of the reactor core 1 .
  • the emergency closing device 23 is used, for example, to separate the line system section near the reactor from the line system section remote from the reactor if a leak occurs in one of the instrumentation fingers.
  • the emergency closing device can be designed as a rotary valve, in particular as a ball valve. In principle, however, it is also conceivable to use a shut-off device according to the invention as an emergency closing device 23 .
  • shut-off device 5 used in the ball measuring system 3 and in the nuclide activation system 4 is explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS.
  • the shut-off device 5 has a plurality of base bodies 52, here exactly six, which are arranged one behind the other.
  • the base bodies 52 are all configured identically and are each cuboid as a whole.
  • a continuous channel 521 extends through each of the base bodies 52 and serves to pass the measuring balls or targets through.
  • the channels 521 of the various base bodies 52 all extend parallel to one another.
  • the inside diameter of the channels 521 preferably corresponds to that of the lines 21, ie it is approximately the same size or at most slightly larger than the outside diameter of the measuring spheres or targets.
  • a line connection 51 is provided on both sides of the base body 52 and is used to connect the channel 521 to a line 21 .
  • a guide block 55, 56 and then a cover 53, 54 are arranged at the ends of the row of base bodies 52, respectively.
  • the front cover 53 and the rear cover 54 are clamped against the guide blocks 55, 56 and thus the base body 52 by means of connecting screws 59.
  • the row of base bodies 52 is thus clamped in the manner of a sandwich between the guide blocks 55, 56 on the one hand and the covers 53, 54.
  • the connecting screws 59 four of which are provided in the present exemplary embodiment, extend through the front cover 53, the guide blocks 55, 56 and the base body 52 and are screwed into the rear cover 54 by means of mutual threaded engagement .
  • the screw heads of the connecting screws 59 rest against the front cover 53 .
  • a washer 591 is arranged in each case between the screw heads and the cover 53 .
  • a through opening 57 extends through the front cover 53, the guide blocks 55, 56 and all the base bodies 52 and intersects the channels 521 of the base bodies 52 perpendicularly in each case.
  • a piston rod 58 is pushed into the passage opening 57 and forms an actuating element of the shut-off device 5 and is used to open or shut off the channels 521 of the base body 52 .
  • the piston rod 58 is pushed completely into the through-opening 57, i.e. up to the stop on a stop surface 541 of the rear cover 54. In this position, the piston rod 58 is in its open position, which is thus due to the stop on the Stop surface 541 is defined, and protrudes through all base body 52 as well as the guide blocks 55, 56 and the front cover 53 completely.
  • the piston rod 58 has an outer diameter which approximately corresponds to the inner diameter of the through-opening 57 or is at most slightly smaller.
  • the shut-off device 5 Apart from the outstanding piston rod 58, the shut-off device 5 as The whole thing has a compact cuboid shape. It is thus designed to save space and can be assembled.
  • the piston rod 58 has a plurality of channels 581, in this case exactly six, which in each case extend completely through the piston rod 58 perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension thereof.
  • the channels 581 are arranged in such a way that they each represent a continuation of the channels 521 of the base body 52 through the piston rod 58 . The passage for the measuring balls or targets through the channels 521 is thus released via the channels 581 .
  • the drive 50 can be, for example, an electric rotary or linear drive or a hydraulic drive.
  • the drive 50 is connected to the piston rod 58 at that free end which protrudes outwards from the front cover 53 (on the right-hand side in the views of FIGS. 4 and 10).
  • the channels 581 of the piston rod 58 are arranged in a shifted manner in relation to the channels 521 of the base body 52 in the closed position.
  • the passage for the measuring balls and the targets through the channels 521 of the base body 52 is thus blocked by the piston rod 58 .
  • a very small displacement is sufficient to move the piston rod 58 from the open position to the closed position or vice versa.
  • the demands on the drive 50 are relatively low, so that its dimensions can also be smaller.
  • the piston rod 58 When shifting, the piston rod 58 is guided in guide bushings 551 and 565 of the guide blocks 55 and 56, respectively.
  • the piston rod 58 preferably has a lateral flattening 583 in the area of the rear guide block 56 and rests with this on a contact plate 561 .
  • the piston rod 58 is secured against rotation as a result.
  • the contact plate 561 is fastened to the guide block 56 in a cavity of the guide block 56 by means of screws 562 .
  • the screws 562 are accessed via openings 563 which are provided on the opposite side of the cavity and can be closed by means of sealing plugs 564 .
  • the channels 521 of the base body 52 are closed for the measuring balls and the targets in the present embodiment, as mentioned.
  • the channels 521 are not closed either in the open position or in the closed position for the propellant gas.
  • the base body 52 and/or the piston rod 58 each have an annular groove 522 in the areas of the channels 521 or 581 opening towards the through-opening 57 .
  • the annular groove 522 which can be seen in particular in Figures 6 and 9, extends starting from the channel openings in a ring shape around the piston rod 58 and thus ensures an unhindered gas exchange between the two channel parts of the channels 521 arranged on both sides of the piston rod 58, even in the closed position .
  • sealing rings 582 are attached to the piston rod 58 between the channels 581 in each case.
  • the sealing rings 582 seal off the piston rod 58 from the base bodies 52 .
  • seals 523 are provided in order to seal the base bodies 52 against one another and against the guide blocks 55 and 56 .
  • the seals 523 thus prevent propellant gas from escaping between the base bodies 52 and the guide blocks 55, 56 to the outside.
  • Another sealing ring 552 is arranged in the front guide block 55 on the piston rod 58 . It serves to seal the passage between the guide block 55 and the piston rod 58 therethrough.
  • the sealing ring 552 can be pressed against the guide block 55 in the longitudinal direction of the piston rod 58 by means of a pressure sleeve 555 (see FIG. 7).
  • the pressing force of the pressure sleeve 555 and thus the sealing effect of the sealing ring 552 can be adjusted with the aid of two adjusting screws 531.
  • a sliding plate 553 and an end ring 554 are arranged between the sealing ring 552 and the pressure sleeve 555 .
  • the piston rod 58 extends through the sealing ring 552, the slide plate 553, the end ring 554 and the pressure sleeve 555 therethrough.
  • FIGS. 11 to 14 A further exemplary embodiment of a shut-off device 5 according to the invention is shown in FIGS.
  • that of FIGS. 11 to 14 has an integrated pneumatic drive with a drive piston 556 which is attached by means of a threaded pin 559 or otherwise to the Piston rod 58 is attached and within a piston chamber 557 is movable.
  • the piston chamber 557 is located inside the guide block 55 and is bounded by the guide block 55 and the cover 53 .
  • a gas connection 550 opens into the piston chamber 557 on both sides of the drive piston 556 in order to introduce pressurized gas into the piston chamber 557 depending on the desired direction of movement of the piston rod 58 .
  • the gas thus serves as a working medium in order to move the piston rod 58 from the open position to the closed position or vice versa, the gas being compressed air, for example, but preferably nitrogen.
  • the drive piston 556 is sealed circumferentially relative to the inner wall of the guide block 55 by means of a piston seal 558 .
  • two magnetic sensors 532, 543 are also provided in order to measure the position of the piston rod 58, ie the actuating element, in relation to the base bodies 52.
  • a first magnetic sensor 532 is, as can be seen in FIG the ends of the piston rod 58 each have a magnet 584, in particular a permanent magnet, attached.
  • FIGS. 11 to 14 also has a threaded bore which is arranged centrally in the cover 54 and which is closed with a screw plug 542 during normal operation.
  • the locking screw 542 can be unscrewed and a handle 585 can be screwed into a threaded hole provided at the corresponding end of the piston rod 58.
  • the piston rod 58 can then be manually adjusted from the open position to the closed position or vice versa using the handle 585 as a makeshift.
  • FIG. 15 A functional diagram which is particularly suitable for the exemplary embodiment of the shut-off device 5 in FIGS. 2 to 9 is shown in FIG.
  • the functional diagram of Figure 15 differs from that of Figure 1 in that the two shut-off devices 5 each correspond on the one hand to that shown in Figures 11 to 14, and on the other hand there are gas switching lines 25 to switch the pneumatic to control drives.
  • One of the two gas connections 550 of the first shut-off device 5 connected in each case to one of the two gas connections 550 of the second shut-off device 5 by means of a gas switching line 25 in such a way that pressurization of the corresponding gas switching line 25 leads to the first shut-off device 5 being closed and the second shut-off device 5 being opened or vice versa.
  • the invention described here is not limited to the embodiments mentioned and a large number of modifications are possible.
  • the actuating element which is formed here by the piston rod 58, does not necessarily have to have a circular cross section as in the exemplary embodiment in FIGS.
  • the actuating element could just as well have a rectangular, in particular square, cross section, for example.
  • the channels 521 do not necessarily all have to extend parallel to one another, but could also extend in different directions.
  • the channels 581 of the actuating element would then have to be aligned accordingly.
  • the blocking device could also have only a single base body, which has one or even several channels for the measuring balls or targets. An embodiment with a plurality of base bodies, each having a plurality of channels, would also be conceivable. A large number of other modifications are conceivable.
  • Line system 542 screw plug line 543 magnetic sensor
  • Connection box 56 guide block

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de blocage (5) pour arrêter des corps solides irradiés ou destinés à être irradiés dans un système de conduits (2) qui est utilisé pour transporter les corps solides au moyen d'un fluide propulseur dans et hors d'un réacteur nucléaire (1). Le dispositif de blocage comprend au moins un corps principal (52) avec un canal continu (521) pour les corps solides et un actionneur (58), qui est disposé à l'intérieur du corps principal (52) et qui est réglable par rapport au corps principal (52) entre une position ouverte et une position fermée de telle sorte que le canal (521) pour les corps solides est ouvert dans la position ouverte et est fermé dans la position fermée. On peut faire passer l'actionneur (58) de la position ouverte à la position fermée et de la position fermée à la position ouverte en le déplaçant par rapport audit corps principal (52). Le dispositif de blocage peut être utilisé en particulier en tant que partie d'un système de mesure de bille (aeroball measurement system) (3) ou en tant que partie d'un système d'activation de nucléides.
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