Device for measuring the metered quantity inside a transportation container containing radioactive waste

摘要

Before transporting, to a disposal site, a container inside which a container full of radioactive waste has been placed, a probe carrier 32 connected by means of electrical connectors 76, 80 to an external measuring apparatus 36 is introduced through a hole formed in the container. The probe carrier 32 is fitted with a handle 68 which, via a mechanism 66, 54, 50, allows swivelling of a gate 42 to which a probe 34 is fixed between a retracted position for insertion and a measuring position in which the probe may in particular be oriented at 90 degree with respect to the axis of the probe carrier. After the latter has been connected, by means of a nut 40, to a container holder inside which the container containing the waste is housed, a precise and reproducible measurement of the metered quantity inside the transportation container may also be carried out. IMAGE