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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Electricite DE France, Paris, FR;
Denis Vautrin, Le Vesinet, FR;
Nicolas Paul, Montreuil, FR;
Electricite de France, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for determining positions of elements of fuel assemblies arranged in a nuclear vessel is described herein. According to an implementation, the method involves capturing a plurality of images of a nuclear vessel and using the plurality of images to estimate a first set of positions of S-holes of a fuel assembly of the nuclear vessel. The method further involves determining a value representative of differences between: (a) the distances from the estimated set of positions to a location on a face of the fuel assembly and (b) known actual distances between the S-holes and the location on the face of the fuel assembly.