A passive pulse generator can be connected to a line in order to activate a safety fitting in a nuclear power plant. The line can be closed by a closure element. In the event of a temperature change in the vicinity of the pulse generator, the closure element is actuated solely as a result of a thermal volume change of an actuating element, so that the line is released. The pulse generator therefore activates the fitting passively, without additional control pulses. A method for activating a fitting with a passive pulse generator is also provided.
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