Equipment for measuring radioactivity as discharged in the form of effluents

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE TOTAL RADIATION CONFINED IN A GROUP OF EFFLUENT DEACTIVATION STORAGE TANKS COMPRISING, FIRST METER MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH TANK IN SAID GROUP FOR MEASURING THE FLOW OF EFFLUENT MATERIAL INTO SAID TANKS DURING A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AND PRODUCING A FIRST ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO SAID FLOW RATE, FIRST RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH TANK IN SAID GROUP FOR MEASURING THE INSTANTANEOUS LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT MATERIAL FLOWING INTO SAID TANKS AND PRODUCING A SECOND ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LEVEL OF SAID RADIATION, SECOND METER MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF A SERIES OF CONDUITS THROUGH WHICH EFFLUENT IS DRAINED FROM SAID TANKS FOR MEASURING THE FLOW OF EFFLUENT MATERIAL OUT OF SAID TANKS DURING THE PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AND PRODUCING A THIRD ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO SAID FLOW RATE, SECOND RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH CONDUIT OF SAID SERIES FOR MEASURING THE INSTANTANEOUS LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT MATERIAL FLOWING OUT OF SAID TANKS AND PRODUCING A FOURTH ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LEVEL OF SAID RADIATION, THIRD RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH CONDUIT OF SAID SERIES FOR MEASURING THE BACKGROUND RADIATION ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CONDUIT AND PRODUCING A FIFTH ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LEVEL OF SAID BACKGROUND RADIATION, INTERMEDIATE ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUTS, TRANSMISSION LINE MEANS FOR SUPPLYING EACH OF SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO A SEPARATE ONE OF THE INPUTS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS WHEREBY INFORMATION REPRESENTED BY SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IS TEMPORARILY STORED, MAIN STORAGE MEANS, PROGRAMMING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL, A SCANNING MATRIX CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID MAIN STORAGE MEANS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS, ACTUATED BY SAID ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL, FOR SEQUENTIALLY SCANNING THE INPUTS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS AND TRANSFERRING INFORMATION STORED THEREIN TO SAID MAIN STORAGE MEANS, CALCULATOR MEANS, ADAPTED TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM SAID MAIN STORAGE MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL, FOR COMPUTING THE TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT FLOWING INTO SAID TANKS DURING THE PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AS WELL AS THE TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT MATERIAL FLOWING OUT OF SAID TANKS DURING SAID PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL, AND DATA-PRINTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CALCULATOR MEANS FOR PRINTING THE CALCULATED VALUE OF TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE TOTAL RADIATION CONFINED IN A GROUP OF EFFLUENT DEACTIVATION STORAGE TANKS COMPRISING, FIRST METER MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH TANK IN SAID GROUP FOR MEASURING THE FLOW OF EFFLUENT MATERIAL INTO SAID TANKS DURING A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AND PRODUCING A FIRST ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO SAID FLOW RATE, FIRST RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH TANK IN SAID GROUP FOR MEASURING THE INSTANTANEOUS LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT MATERIAL FLOWING INTO SAID TANKS AND PRODUCING A SECOND ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LEVEL OF SAID RADIATION, SECOND METER MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF A SERIES OF CONDUITS THROUGH WHICH EFFLUENT IS DRAINED FROM SAID TANKS FOR MEASURING THE FLOW OF EFFLUENT MATERIAL OUT OF SAID TANKS DURING THE PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AND PRODUCING A THIRD ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO SAID FLOW RATE, SECOND RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH CONDUIT OF SAID SERIES FOR MEASURING THE INSTANTANEOUS LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT MATERIAL FLOWING OUT OF SAID TANKS AND PRODUCING A FOURTH ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LEVEL OF SAID RADIATION, THIRD RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH CONDUIT OF SAID SERIES FOR MEASURING THE BACKGROUND RADIATION ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CONDUIT AND PRODUCING A FIFTH ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LEVEL OF SAID BACKGROUND RADIATION, INTERMEDIATE ELECTRICAL PULSE STORAGE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUTS, TRANSMISSION LINE MEANS FOR SUPPLYING EACH OF SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO A SEPARATE ONE OF THE INPUTS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS WHEREBY INFORMATION REPRESENTED BY SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IS TEMPORARILY STORED, MAIN STORAGE MEANS, PROGRAMMING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL, A SCANNING MATRIX CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID MAIN STORAGE MEANS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS, ACTUATED BY SAID ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL, FOR SEQUENTIALLY SCANNING THE INPUTS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS AND TRANSFERRING INFORMATION STORED THEREIN TO SAID MAIN STORAGE MEANS, CALCULATOR MEANS, ADAPTED TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM SAID MAIN STORAGE MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL, FOR COMPUTING THE TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT FLOWING INTO SAID TANKS DURING THE PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AS WELL AS THE TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY OF THE EFFLUENT MATERIAL FLOWING OUT OF SAID TANKS DURING SAID PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL, AND DATA-PRINTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CALCULATOR MEANS FOR PRINTING THE CALCULATED VALUE OF TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY.