Automated in-line measurement of nuclear fuel pellets

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5526713

McLemore, D. R.; Nyman, D. H.

The Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory (HEDL) operated by the Westinghouse Hanford Company for the United States Department of Energy is currently developing, fabricating, and evaluating automated fuel fabrication equipment. This program has as its major goals: reduced personnel exposure, improved safeguards/accountability and improved fuel performance. One of the automated equipment items which has been fabricated is a fuel pellet inspection system. This system inspects fuel pellets for surface flaws and measures pellets for length, diameter, and weight at a rate of one pellet per second. The inspected pellets are sorted automatically and the results of the inspection are transmitted to a central computer for trend analysis and verification of accountability data.

• Research Organization: Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-14-2170
• OSTI ID: 5526713
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-1745-FP; CONF-791180-1; TRN: 80-007462
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society conference, Charleston, SC, USA, 25 Nov 1979/REPLACED BY CONF-791117
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
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INSPECTION
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CONFIGURATION
DEFECTS
FABRICATION
LASERS
ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
PELLETS
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