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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:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth G Lunz, Fox Chapel, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376254 ; 376245 ;
Abstract
A flux mapping system for a nuclear reactor uses a detector having an outer diameter approximately fifteen percent smaller than the inner diameter of distribution tubing through which it passes and a length less than eight percent of the minimum bend radius of the tubing. Frictionless limit switches are used in the flux mapping system to further reduce friction against cables which drive the detectors through the distribution tubing. In combination, these dimensions and switch changes result in a fifty percent improvement in driving force at the thimbles into the core of the nuclear reactor.