DETECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING A RESONANT ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT LOCATED WITHIN A NUCLEAR FUEL ROD

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APP PUB NO 20240071637A1
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18481740

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A detection apparatus includes a resonant electrical circuit supported within an interior of a nuclear fuel rod generates a response pulse in response to an excitation pulse and transmits the response pulse through a cladding of the fuel rod to another location within a reactor in which the fuel rod is housed and without any breach in the cladding. A characteristic of the response pulse is indicative of a condition of the fuel rod. The detection apparatus also includes a transmitter positioned outside the cladding, in the reactor, in the vicinity of the fuel rod and configured to generate the excitation pulse and transmit the excitation pulse through the cladding to the resonant electrical circuit. A receiver is supported within the reactor outside of the cladding and, in response to the response pulse, communicates a signal to an electronic processing apparatus outside of the reactor.

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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC1000 WESTINGHOUSE DRIVE SUITE 141 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
ABEL,, II John R Allison Park, US 4 4
ARNDT, Jeffrey L Pittsburgh, US 18 12
CARVAJAL, Jorge V Irwin, US 26 95
HEAGY, Melissa M Butler, US 6 5
STAFFORD, Shawn C Scottdale, US 12 14
TATLI, Emre Pasadena, US 4 21

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