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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Mihai G. M. Pop, Lynchburg, VA (US);

Brian Glenn Lockamon, Evington, VA (US);

Vladimir Oleshko, Phoenix, AZ (US);

James Howe, Earlysville, VA (US);

Inventors:

Mihai G. M. Pop, Lynchburg, VA (US);

Brian Glenn Lockamon, Evington, VA (US);

Vladimir Oleshko, Phoenix, AZ (US);

James Howe, Earlysville, VA (US);

Assignee:

AREVA Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 9/00 (2006.01); G21C 17/022 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/0225 (2013.01); G21Y 2002/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method to analyze crystals in a deposit on a surface of a nuclear generating station heating surface, wherein the method extracts a sample of material from the surface of the nuclear generating station heating surface and also includes conducting at least one of a high resolution scanning electron microscope/energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry of the sample and a scanning transmission electron microscope/selected area electron diffraction/spot and elemental mapping analysis of the sample.


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