Bolt failure detection

Patent · 01 January 1984

OSTI ID:864993

Sutton, Jr., Harry G.

Bolts of a liquid metal fast breeder reactor, each bolt provided with an internal chamber filled with a specific, unique radioactive tag gas. Detection of the tag gas is indicative of a crack in an identifiable bolt.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Madison, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC15-76CL02395
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,447,388
• Application Number: 06/325,880
• OSTI ID: 864993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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