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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform stable measurement even in adverse environments by providing a rigid structure and facilitating handling. SOLUTION: In this fiber light dispersion detector 10, a detecting fiber 16 is housed in a V-shaped groove 14 formed in the surface of a support member 12, and is fastened by a fiber fixing filler 18, and a detecting surface 24 is formed by removing part of the cladding of the detecting fiber to expose part of a core 22. Especially by constituting both the support member and the fixing filler of heat-resistant materials and using an optical fiber of a quartz cladding/ quartz core structure as the detecting fiber, it is possible to achieve the fiber light dispersion detector 10 of a type resistant to high temperatures. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance flexibility in a container arrangement, to enlarge an apparatus, to increase a throughput, and to lengthen the service life by integrating a cathode and an anode as an electrode module. SOLUTION: This reprocessing apparatus has a crucible 31 for housing molten salt 30, a heating means (a heating furnace 32) for heating the molten salt, and the electrode module 33 inserted into the molten salt. The electrode module is composed of the bar-shaped cathode 37 positioned in the center, the cylindrical anode 38 positioned at an interval to surround the cathode, and an insulating material 39 for joining and holding both, and is formed as a structure that a suction port 40 opens in a lower part of the anode, and a discharge port 41 opens in the vicinity of a molten salt liquid level of the anode. Deposit is deposited on the cathode by electrolysis by carrying an electric current to the molten salt between the anode and the cathode in a state of dissolving spent nuclear fuel in the molten salt. The molten salt is sucked in from the suction port by a gas lift effect using gas generated in the anode, and is made to flow out to the outside of the anode from the discharge port, and the molten salt in the crucible is agitated.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To demonstrate sealing effect between the interior and exterior of a rotary kiln over a long time even when the interior of the rotary kiln is a corrosive gas atmosphere. SOLUTION: A kiln body side sealing ring 72 is formed on an outer periphery of a kiln body 2, and a fixing side sealing ring 71 is supported on a fixing hood 3. A sealing ground packing 73 is provided between the kiln body side sealing 72 and the fixing side sealing ring 71, such that a space formed between the foregoing rings is divided into a first space 78a on the side of the fixing hood 3 and a second space 78b located on the opposite side of the first space 78a. A nitrogen gas injection hole 71a is provided in the fixing side sealing ring 71 for introducing nitrogen gas into the first space 78a, and the nitrogen gas introduced into the first space 78a from the nitrogen gas injection hole 71a is prevented from making contact with the sealing ground packing 73. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for cleaning a membrane deaerator comprising efficiently cleaning a membrane deaerator and preventing increase in pressure loss, decrease in flow rate, reduction in deaeration performance and membrane deterioration with time. SOLUTION: The method for cleaning a membrane deaerator comprises loading with an acid or an alkali as a cleaning agent continuously or intermittently during water supply to clean and remove a contaminated material sticking to a prefilter 2 and a deaerating membrane module 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for decomposing organic liquid waste by a microbe, in which organic liquid waste can be decomposed efficiently without leaking a radioactive substance or a toxic substance contained in organic liquid waste to the outside, the equipment of which can be exchanged or maintained by remote control, so that organic liquid waste containing the radioactive substance or the toxic substance can be handled and to provide a method for decomposing organic liquid waste by the microbe. SOLUTION: The apparatus for decomposing organic liquid waste by the microbe is provided with: a liquid waste storage tank 10 for storing the organic liquid waste to be treated; a biological reaction tank 16 to which an agitation unit 12 and a heating unit 14 are arranged and in which a microbe culture chip and/or a microbe culture solution are put; a pump 18 for sending the organic liquid waste in the liquid waste storage tank to the biological reaction tank; and a toxic substance transfer prevention part (an oil trap 20) and a decomposed gas monitor 22 arranged in a discharge system of the biological reaction tank. The liquid waste storage tank, the biological reaction tank, the pump, the toxic substance transfer prevention part and the decomposed gas monitor are connected to one another by pipelines and connection joints. The organic liquid waste is decomposed by the microbe and converted into a harmless gas in the biological reaction tank. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To measure the personal dose equivalent with a directional dependency of dose equivalent peculiar to the human body with high sensitivity, independent to an incoming direction of neutron. SOLUTION: A neutron detector 16 is installed at the center of a pellet moderator section 10 moderating neutrons, the hemisphere face of the pellet moderator section is covered by a hemisphere moderator section 14 through a thermal neutron absorber section 12, the remaining hemisphere face of the pellet moderator section is covered by a hemispherical absorber section 18 shielding/absorbing neutrons, of larger diameter than that of the aforementioned hemisphere moderator section, and an annular absorber section 20 is installed so as to encompass a part of the hemisphere moderator section and also touch the hemispherical absorber section. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove automatically coating, dirt or the like on the surface of a rod-like electrode in the state out of contact with the air; to prevent adhesion of dirt or the like possibly generated during measurement; to shorten a time required for stabilizing the surface of the rod-like electrode; and to perform measurement continuously for a long period by dispensing with maintenance. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with an electrode surface cleaning apparatus 32 equipped with a boss part 38 having a through hole 36 into which the rod-like electrode is fitted loosely, and a plurality of vanes 40 fixed to the periphery thereof; and a support 34 for supporting the apparatus 32. The electrode surface cleaning apparatus is rotated by flow of measuring liquid, and the surface of the rod-like electrode is cleaned by rubbing between the inner surface of the through hole and the outer surface of the rod-like electrode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric generator and a heat exchanger capable of improving generation efficiency and heat exchange efficiency. SOLUTION: A thermoelectric panel 7 is provided which includes a thermoelectric device for converting a temperature gap between respective surfaces into electricity. Piping parts 3, 4 are also provided to flow first fluid 5 and second fluid 6 with mutually different temperatures to the respective surfaces of the thermoelectric panel 7. The first conduit tube 3 for passing the first fluid 5 and the second conduit tube 4 for passing the second fluid 6 are provided adjacent to each other along the respective flow directions of the first fluid 5 and the second fluid 6. The respective flow directions of the first flow passage pipe 3 and the second flow passage pipe 4 are set in a spiral state, and the section surfaces which orthogonally cross with the respective flow directions are set in a rectangular state respectively. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preparing iodine heptoxide in which fluorine gas is circulated and supplied so as to suppress disposal of fluorine gas as one source material, while iodine pentafluoride as the other source material is gasified, and both source materials are mixed to react in a gaseous state. SOLUTION: Fluorine gas and preliminarily gasified iodine pentafluoride are mixed, introduced into a reactor 20 heated to the reaction temperature of the both gases or higher to react; iodine heptafluoride as a reaction product is collected by cooling; unreacted iodine pentafluoride is collected by cooling and reused as a source material, while unreacted fluorine gas is circulated and supplied as a source material by a compressor 50 to produce iodine heptafluoride. According to the invention, corrosion in instruments is significantly decreased, a disposal amount of fluorine gas is decreased, and leakage is prevented to increase safeness. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fault fracture zone determination method capable of easily determining the existence of a fault fracture zone. SOLUTION: Seismometers are installed in a plurality of measuring points of the earth's surface set on a traverse line crossing the travel of a candidate of the fault fracture zone in an investigated region extracted by lineament, the horizontal component and vertical component of coming seismic wave are measured respectively, a frequency spectral ratio between respective measuring points is determined based on an initial motion section of the measured seismic wave, each value derived by integrating the absolute value of difference between each frequency spectral ratio and a reference spectral ratio estimated not to be influenced by the fault fracture zone is calculated as an index value, and it is determined based on the index value whether the candidate of the fault fracture zone exists really. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI