Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Imaging & Sensing Technology Corporation

Kerwin C Playfoot

William H Todt

Norman P Goldstein

Richard F Bauer

Todd M Wetherill

Youston M Sekella

An improved heater facsimile temperature detector (47) has an increased dynamic responsiveness in measuring temperature changes. The improved HFTD (47) reduces the amount of mass surrounding the thermocouple tip, thus, reducing the time lag caused by the intervening heating or cooling of this material before the temperature change can affect the thermocouple. The thermocouple (69) is welded to a body (59) extending beyond a machined flat (54) on the outer surface of an intermediate portion (49) of the HFTD. The body does not extend beyond the outer surface (51) of the intermediate portion.

Heater facsimile temperature detector, and method of assembling same

A detector assembly for in-core nuclear reactor monitoring in which the wall thickness of the outer housing tube 26a and the wall thickness of the inner calibration tube 28a, taken together with the diameters of operating and non-operating elements 34a, 36a, 38 filling the annular space between the tubes and each having interior highly compacted mineral insulation, provide a total thickness dimension adequate to meet code primary pressure requirements for normal nuclear reactor in-core conditions, with the OD of the outer housing tube permitting passage of the assembly through most existing assembly guide tubes 18, and the ID of the calibration tube being adequate to receive movable detectors 48 of a larger, standard size, thus permitting use of in-place standard drive systems.

In-core assembly configuration having a dual-wall pressure boundary for

A method of fabricating a self-powered nuclear radiation detector assembly comprising a detector portion of accurately predetermined dimensions and a cable portion connected to the detector portion to carry the signal current which is generated in a radiation flux field to remote monitoring means. The detector portion consists of a radiation responsive elongated central emitter electrode which is insulated from a generally tubular sheath collector electrode. The emitter electrode and the signal cable center wire are electrically connected at one end and disposed within the collector electrode tubular sheath with compressible insulating means disposed between the wires and the tubular sheath. The above assembly is reduced in diameter while elongating the tubular sheath and the emitter wire and signal cable wire. The emitter wire is reduced to a predetermined desired diameter, and is trimmed to a predetermined length. An end cap is hermetically sealed to the tubular sheath at the extending end of the emitter with insulating means between the emitter end and the end cap.

Method of fabricating a self-powered radiation detector

A more reliable self-powered radiation detector structure and method of manufacture is provided by a detector structure in which a relatively ductile centrally disposed conductive emitter wire supports and is in electrical contact with a generally tubular emitter electrode. The detector is fabricated by swaging and the ductile center wire insures that electrical discontinuities of the emitter are minimized.

Self-powered radiation detector with conductive emitter support

A self-powered radiation detector of improved sensitivity is provided by having a tubular emitter electrode, with an inner collector electrode coaxial within the tubular emitter and insulated therefrom, and an outer tubular collector electrode coaxial about and insulated from the tubular emitter. The inner and outer collector electrodes are electrically connected.

Self-powered radiation detector with insulated inner and outer collector

A liquid level sensor of the bifilar wound inductive coil type is provided with improved end linearity characteristic. The coil ends are wound substantially to the end of a tubular support member, and a modified end support is provided at the support tube ends.

Liquid level sensor with improved linearity

The signal non-linearity which is characteristic of the end portions of an elongated liquid metal level mutual inductance type prove is substantially eliminated by increasing the coil turns per unit length of the probe in the end portions thereby increasing the mutual inductance characteristics of the probe in the end portions.

Liquid level sensor

A self-powered in-core neutron detector assembly in which a plurality of longitudinally extending self-powered detectors have neutron responsive active portions spaced along a longitudinal path. A low neutron absorptive extension extends from the active portions of the spaced active portions of the detectors in symmetrical longitudinal relationship with the spaced active detector portions of each succeeding detector. The detector extension terminates with the detector assembly to provide a uniform perturbation characteristic over the entire assembly length.

Self-powered in-core neutron detector assembly with uniform perturbation

A liquid metal level sensor of the bifilar wound coil sensor type in which the secondary windings are of a lesser diameter than the primary windings for unbalanced operation.

Liquid metal level sensor with increased sensitivity

A temperature compensated inductive liquid metal level detection system and a preferred probe structure is detailed. The temperature compensation is provided by provision of a separate temperature compensation coil as part of the inductive probe.

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Kerwin C Playfoot