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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Qui V. Le, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Qui V. Le, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved method of inspecting the tubes of a steam generator of a nuclear reactor involves modeling the steam generator and comparing signals of a tube from an eddy current sensor with aspects of the model to determine whether further analysis is required. The model can advantageously include exception data with regard to particular regions of interest (ROIs) of particular tubes that is based upon historic data collected from the steam generator.