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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
J. Frank Harmon, Pocatello, ID (US);
James L. Jones, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Alan W. Hunt, Pocatello, ID (US);
Randy J. Spaulding, Pocatello, ID (US);
Michael Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
J. Frank Harmon, Pocatello, ID (US);
James L. Jones, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Alan W. Hunt, Pocatello, ID (US);
Randy J. Spaulding, Pocatello, ID (US);
Michael Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for inspecting a sealed container is disclosed and which includes a pulsed electron accelerator which is positioned in spaced relation relative to a first side of the sealed container, and which produces a pulsed beam of photons which passes through the sealed container and any contents enclosed within the sealed container; a detector positioned in spaced relation relative to a second, opposite side of the sealed container, and which receives the pulsed beam of photons which passes through the contents of the sealed container, and which produces an output signal; and a computer for developing a visible image from the output signal of the detector which depicts the contents of the sealed container.