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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Yuriy Aleshin, Columbia, SC (US);
David B. Mitchell, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Yuriy Aleshin, Columbia, SC (US);
David B. Mitchell, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting defects in nuclear fuel within a fuel rod that first heats the fuel rod to a temperature substantially above the ambient temperature. The surface temperature of the fuel rod cladding is then monitored as the fuel rod is allowed to cool. Variations in the temperature measured over the surface is then noted as an indication of defects.