US 12,424,341 B2
Nuclear component testing
Roger X Lenard, Edgewood, NM (US)
Filed by Roger X Lenard, Edgewood, NM (US)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/217,869.
Prior Publication US 2025/0149195 A1, May 8, 2025
Int. Cl. G21C 17/00 (2006.01); G21C 17/028 (2006.01); G21C 17/06 (2006.01); G21C 17/112 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 17/00 (2013.01) [G21C 17/028 (2013.01); G21C 17/06 (2013.01); G21C 17/112 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for testing nuclear components comprising:
an outer shell shaped to fit in a nuclear reactor test port;
an inner shell enclosed in the outer shell with a plenum between the inner shell and the outer shell, the inner shell configured to house a nuclear component;
a first gas inlet passing through the outer shell and configured to feed a test gas into the plenum, wherein passage through the plenum is configured to warm the test gas, thereby cooling the inner shell and the outer shell;
an inner gas inlet configured to feed the test gas from the plenum into the inner shell and across a nuclear component;
the nuclear component configured to heat the test gas;
a gas outlet configured to draw the test gas away from the nuclear component and out of the outer shell; and
a second gas inlet passing through the outer shell and configured to feed a second gas into the gas outlet, mixing the test gas with the second gas, thereby cooling the test gas.