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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Clifford Bueno, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Patrick Kenneth Hogan, Hampstead, NC (US);
Mark John Osterlitz, Schenectady, NY (US);
William Robert Ross, Rotterdam, NY (US);
Clifford Bueno, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Patrick Kenneth Hogan, Hampstead, NC (US);
Mark John Osterlitz, Schenectady, NY (US);
William Robert Ross, Rotterdam, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for inspecting nuclear fuel pellets is provided. The inspection system is configured to use X-ray radiation at one or more energies to probe nuclear fuel pellets disposed within a nuclear fuel rod for nuclear fuel pellet defects. In some implementations of the inspection system, a nuclear fuel rod manufacturing facility may be able to integrate the inspection system for fully or partially automated inspection of all fuel rods produced within the facility.