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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Augustine J. Caffrey, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Inventor:
Augustine J. Caffrey, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01T 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A detector and methodology for inspecting a sealed nuclear storage container is described. The detector includes a collimated gamma-ray radiation detector which is moveably borne over the sealed nuclear storage container, and which detects gamma-ray radiation which is emitted by each of a plurality of spent nuclear fuel sources which are enclosed within the sealed nuclear storage container for purposes of detecting the illicit or unauthorized removal of spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear storage container.