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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Mihai G. M. Pop, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Brian G. Lockamon, Evington, VA (US);
Laurence S. Lamanna, Amherst, VA (US);
John T. Willse, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Mihai G. M. Pop, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Brian G. Lockamon, Evington, VA (US);
Laurence S. Lamanna, Amherst, VA (US);
John T. Willse, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Framatome ANP, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method and tool to perform an analysis of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod. The method recites providing a nuclear fuel rod with a layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod, scraping the CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD scraping tool and collecting CRUD flakes from the CRUD scraping tool. The method also provides for sorting the CRUD flakes into particle fractions, and analyzing the CRUD with a scanning electron microscope, wherein the scraping tool has a blade with a rigidity that is matched to an anticipated CRUD deposit shear strength.