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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Mihai G. M. Pop, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Anthony A. Pugh, Forest, VA (US);
Laurence S. Lamanna, Amherst, VA (US);
John T. Willse, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Mihai G. M. Pop, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Anthony A. Pugh, Forest, VA (US);
Laurence S. Lamanna, Amherst, VA (US);
John T. Willse, Lynchburg, VA (US);
AREVA Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A method to perform an analysis of two types of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod, including providing a nuclear fuel rod with a first and second layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod; brushing the first layer of CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD tool on a selected area; wherein the tool has a brushing device, a force applied to the brushing device on the fuel rod to remove the first layer of CRUD, the force being sufficient enough to perform such removal; collecting the first layer of CRUD from the brushing device, scraping the second layer of CRUD from the fuel rod in the selected area with the tool, wherein the tool has a scraping device and a second force is applied to the tool for scraping, collecting the second layer of CRUD from the scraping device, and analyzing the first layer and second layer of CRUD separately with a scanning electron microscope.