Radiation-induced degassing of cryopumps [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: 7 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- University of California, Berkeley and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- The pressure-gauge response of the system to the TRIGA pulses is shown. With an unloaded cryopump, an apparent pressure pulse is produced which is only slightly longer than the reactor pulse itself. In separate experiments, it was found that a similarly appearing pulse is produced by a completely sealed-off vacuum gauge. With a deuterium-loaded cryopump, a very much larger pressure pulse was produced, which had a long exponential tail, characteristic of a re-pumpdown of the system. The pumping speed, as computed from the exponential, is about half that observed previously when the cryopump was subjected to D/sub 2/-gas pulses, in the absense of radiation. Additional experiments were run with the core of the reactor retracted somewhat into the pool, in order to change the mix of gamma rays, thermal neutrons, and fast neutrons so as to preferentially depress the latter.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:lbl-7941
E 1.99: conf-781105-18
conf-781105-18
lbl-7941 - Subject(s):
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/1978.
"lbl-7941"
" conf-781105-18"
ANS meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 12 Nov 1978.
Ruby, L.; Graham, W.G. - Funding Information:
- W-7405-ENG-48
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