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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
John G. Seidel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert W. Flammang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jorge V. Carvajal, Irwin, PA (US);
Michael A. James, Harmony, PA (US);
Nicola G. Arlia, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John G. Seidel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert W. Flammang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jorge V. Carvajal, Irwin, PA (US);
Michael A. James, Harmony, PA (US);
Nicola G. Arlia, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
An in-core neutron monitor that employs vacuum microelectronic devices to configure an in-core instrument thimble assembly that monitors and wirelessly transmits a number of reactor parameters directly from the core of a nuclear reactor without the use of external cabling. The in-core instrument thimble assembly is substantially wholly contained within an instrument guide tube within a nuclear fuel assembly.