Development of Robotic Multisensor Inspection System for Used Nuclear Fuel Canisters

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:23042568

Lissenden, C. J. ^[1]; Motta, A. T.; Brennan, Sean ^[2]; Reichard, Karl ^[3]; Jovanovic, I. ^[4]; Knight, T. ^[5]; Popovics, J. ^[6]

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1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 (United States)
2. Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 (United States)
3. Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 (United States)
4. Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States)
5. Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 (United States)
6. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801 (United States)

Dry storage of used nuclear fuel is an integral part of the fuel cycle and methods to inspect the canisters that confine the used fuel rods are being established. The challenges for inspection systems include geometric constraints, elevated temperature, and radiation. A novel robotic inspection system focusing on stress corrosion cracking capable of in-situ surface composition characterization and crack detection is under development. The delivery system, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for surface composition, and ultrasonic guided waves for crack detection are summarized herein. (authors)

• OSTI ID: 23042568
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 115; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CRACKING
CRACKS
DRY STORAGE
FUEL CYCLE
FUEL RODS
GEOMETRY
LASERS
NUCLEAR FUELS
SPECTROSCOPY
STRESS CORROSION