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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Kevin J. Foley, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Roy May, Hixson, TN (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and methods for operation in relatively high radiation fields to remotely switch signal devices through a shared single main umbilical signal cable. The invention is particularly suitable for use in a nuclear reactor, such as a boiling water reactor, and in difficult to access areas in the reactor pressure vessel. One or more main umbilical cables connect a control station to an enclosure housing a signal switching device. The signal switching device allows several signal generating/receiving devices, such as cameras and ultrasonic probes, to be controlled by the one or more main umbilical cables.