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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Paul M. Evans, Chapin, SC (US);
Benjamin T. Burnette, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 21/02 (2006.01); G21C 17/06 (2006.01); G01B 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 21/02 (2013.01); G21C 17/06 (2013.01); G01B 11/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining the bow and twist of a nuclear fuel assembly that utilizes fiber optic shape sensing technology enclosed within a flexible sheath that transmits strain on the interior walls of a control rod guide thimble within the fuel assembly to a fiber cable of the shape sensing technology enclosed within the sheath. The sheath conforms to the interior dimensions of the interior walls of the guide thimble.