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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2021
Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Boise State University, Boise, ID (US);
Joshua Daw, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Troy C. Unruh, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brenden J. Heidrich, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
David H. Hurley, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kiyo Tiffany Fujimoto, Meridian, ID (US);
David Estrada, Boise, ID (US);
Michael McMurtrey, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kunal Mondal, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Lance Hone, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Robert D. Seifert, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
A sensor for passively measuring a maximum temperature within a nuclear reactor comprises a substrate, and a plurality of melt wires within a cavity defined within the substrate, at least one melt wire of the plurality of melt wires exhibiting a variable melting temperature along a length of the at least one melt wire. Related sensors and methods of forming the sensors are also disclosed.