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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Ge-hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Llc, Wilmington, NC (US);
Eric P. Loewen, Wilmington, NC (US);
Scott L. Pfeffer, Wilmington, NC (US);
Maria E. Pfeffer, Wilmington, NC (US);
Seth Ryan Paul Strege, Wilmington, NC (US);
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
Devices work as both area lighting and ionizing radiation detectors. The lighting is adjustable in response to radiation detection, warning nearby users about radiation. Multiple devices can be plugged into electrical outlets throughout a plant or building to replace conventional lighting like lightbulbs or CFLs. Each device can transmit alerts to notify nearby users and transmit data to processors for aggregation and analysis. The data can be sent wirelessly, over fiber optic cable, as power line communications or otherwise. The data can be multiplexed along a single line. The devices may be in known locations or located based on an ID in the data. This data can be used to locate radiation sources and facilitate analysis and alerting at the location. Operators may respond to the radiation detection by issuing commands to the devices to change lighting output, adjust radiation detection parameters, and take corrective or ameliorative action in the facility.