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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2019
Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Joshua Daw, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Colby B. Jensen, Ammon, ID (US);
James R. Parry, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Lance A. Hone, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic sensor comprises a transducer in operable communication with a power source, a waveguide comprising a metal and at least one of a fissile material or a fertile material in operable communication with the transducer and configured to propagate and reflect acoustic waves generated by the transducer, the transducer configured to convert reflected acoustic waves to an electric signal, a thermally insulative material proximate the waveguide, and a control system in operable communication with the transducer, the control system configured to determine at least a temperature of the waveguide based on the reflected acoustic waves. Related methods are also disclosed.