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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Womack, Lynchburg, VA (US);
William E Lawrie, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Alfred Jester, Speyer, DE;
Assignee:
Babcock-Brown Boveri Reaktor GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 / ;
Abstract
Defects in the fuel rods of nuclear fuel assemblies are ascertained and located by ultrasonic means. The fuel assemblies are subjected to ultrasonic waves. Differences in fuel rod resonance is indicative of defective rods.