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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Jorge V. Carvajal, Irwin, PA (US);
Justin P. Schmidt, Lockport, IL (US);
Jeffrey L. Arndt, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul M. Sirianni, Mars, PA (US);
Shawn C. Stafford, Scottdale, PA (US);
Kathryn E. Metzger, Columbia, SC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A dry cask storage system for spent nuclear fuel includes a detection apparatus having a resonant electrical circuit, with resonant electrical circuit being situated within an interior region of a metallic vessel wherein the SNF is situated. The detection apparatus includes a transmitter that generates an excitation pulse that causes the resonant circuit to resonate and to generate a response pulse. The resonant circuit includes an inductor that is formed with a core whose magnetic permeability varies with temperature such that the frequency of the resonant circuit varies as a function of temperature. The response pulse is then used to determine the temperature within the interior of the vessel where the SNF is situated. Pressure detection is also provided.