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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Arnold H. Fero, New Kensington, PA (US);
Joel A. Kulesza, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/10 (2013.01); G21C 17/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reactor internals component having a sensor insert for monitoring reactor internals components, supported within the reactor internals. The sensor insert has a hollow internal cavity that houses a number of compartmentalized, self-contained, passive environmental sensors. The sensor inserts are provided with a tracking code that can be employed to identify their location and orientation.