General Electric Company

Mark John Osterlitz

Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov

Clifford Bueno

William Robert Ross

Harry Israel Ringermacher

Donald Robert Howard

Bryon Edward Knight

Jian Ying Li

Yury Alexeyevich Plotnikov

Patrick Kenneth Hogan

Jeffry Lynn Thompson

Gulperi Nuzhet Aksel

A system for inspecting nuclear fuel pellets is provided. The inspection system is configured to use X-ray radiation at one or more energies to probe nuclear fuel pellets disposed within a nuclear fuel rod for nuclear fuel pellet defects. In some implementations of the inspection system, a nuclear fuel rod manufacturing facility may be able to integrate the inspection system for fully or partially automated inspection of all fuel rods produced within the facility.

Nuclear fuel pellet inspection

A system for locating a failure event in a sample is disclosed. The system includes at least one sensor configured to detect acoustic energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample. The system also includes an infrared camera configured to detect a thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample.

Systems and method for locating failure events in samples under load

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Schenectady, NY, United States of America

Mark John Osterlitz