Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Probe and apparatus for measuring thickness of oxide layer of fuel rod
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Application No.: US13335197Application Date: 2011-12-22
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Publication No.: US09640285B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Jung Cheol Shin , Sang Kyun Woo , Yong Chan Kim , Sung Min Kim , Chae Joon Lim
- Applicant: Jung Cheol Shin , Sang Kyun Woo , Yong Chan Kim , Sung Min Kim , Chae Joon Lim
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2011-0067727 20110708
- Main IPC: G21C17/06
- IPC: G21C17/06

Abstract:
Provided are a probe and an apparatus for measuring a thickness of an oxide layer of a fuel rod, capable of testing claddings of inner and outer fuel rods of a nuclear fuel assembly without disassembling the nuclear fuel assembly. The probe includes a fuel rod transfer region on which an eddy current sensor capable of continuously testing claddings of outer fuel rods of a fixed nuclear fuel assembly is mounted. Further, the apparatus includes a frame in which a cylinder driven in upward and downward directions is mounted, a first probe connected to one side of the cylinder in order to test claddings of outer fuel rods of a nuclear fuel assembly, and a second probe connected to the other side of the cylinder in order to test claddings of inner fuel rods of the nuclear fuel assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130010911A1 PROBE AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF OXIDE LAYER OF FUEL ROD Public/Granted day:2013-01-10
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