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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Paul L. Frattini, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Douglas Varrin, Reston, VA (US);
Edwin Stephen Hunt, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Paul L. Frattini, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Douglas Varrin, Reston, VA (US);
Edwin Stephen Hunt, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly.