Detection of free liquid in drums of radioactive waste. [Patent application]
Abstract
A nondestructive thermal imaging method for detecting the presence of a liquid such as water within a sealed container is described. The process includes application of a low amplitude heat pulse to an exterior surface area of the container, terminating the heat input and quickly mapping the resulting surface temperatures. The various mapped temperature values can be compared with those known to be normal for the container material and substances in contact. The mapped temperature values show up in different shades of light or darkness that denote different physical substances. The different substances can be determined by direct observation or by comparison with known standards. The method is particularly applicable to the detection of liquids above solidified radioactive wastes stored in sealed containers.
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5066756
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy TIC; ERA-05-038548; EDB-80-118476
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-14-2170
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; LIQUIDS; MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; CONTAINERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; FLUIDS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; STORAGE; TESTING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; 420500* - Engineering- Materials Testing; 055001 - Nuclear Fuels- Safeguards, Inspection, & Accountability- Technical Aspects; 052000 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Management
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title = {Detection of free liquid in drums of radioactive waste. [Patent application]},
author = {Not Available},
abstractNote = {A nondestructive thermal imaging method for detecting the presence of a liquid such as water within a sealed container is described. The process includes application of a low amplitude heat pulse to an exterior surface area of the container, terminating the heat input and quickly mapping the resulting surface temperatures. The various mapped temperature values can be compared with those known to be normal for the container material and substances in contact. The mapped temperature values show up in different shades of light or darkness that denote different physical substances. The different substances can be determined by direct observation or by comparison with known standards. The method is particularly applicable to the detection of liquids above solidified radioactive wastes stored in sealed containers.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1979},
month = {10}
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