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Title: Apparatus and method for inspecting a sealed container

Abstract

An apparatus for inspecting a sealed container is disclosed and which includes a pulsed electron accelerator which is positioned in spaced relation relative to a first side of the sealed container, and which produces a pulsed beam of photons which passes through the sealed container and any contents enclosed within the sealed container; a detector positioned in spaced relation relative to a second, opposite side of the sealed container, and which receives the pulsed beam of photons which passes through the contents of the sealed container, and which produces an output signal; and a computer for developing a visible image from the output signal of the detector which depicts the contents of the sealed container.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3]
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  1. Pocatello, ID
  2. Idaho Falls, ID
  3. Phoenix, AZ
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Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
986332
Patent Number(s):
7508909
Application Number:
11/379,888
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
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DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Harmon, J Frank, Jones, James L, Hunt, Alan W, Spaulding, Randy J, and Smith, Michael. Apparatus and method for inspecting a sealed container. United States: N. p., 2009. Web.
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Harmon, J Frank, Jones, James L, Hunt, Alan W, Spaulding, Randy J, & Smith, Michael. Apparatus and method for inspecting a sealed container. United States.
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Harmon, J Frank, Jones, James L, Hunt, Alan W, Spaulding, Randy J, and Smith, Michael. Tue . "Apparatus and method for inspecting a sealed container". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/986332.
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@article{osti_986332,
title = {Apparatus and method for inspecting a sealed container},
author = {Harmon, J Frank and Jones, James L and Hunt, Alan W and Spaulding, Randy J and Smith, Michael},
abstractNote = {An apparatus for inspecting a sealed container is disclosed and which includes a pulsed electron accelerator which is positioned in spaced relation relative to a first side of the sealed container, and which produces a pulsed beam of photons which passes through the sealed container and any contents enclosed within the sealed container; a detector positioned in spaced relation relative to a second, opposite side of the sealed container, and which receives the pulsed beam of photons which passes through the contents of the sealed container, and which produces an output signal; and a computer for developing a visible image from the output signal of the detector which depicts the contents of the sealed container.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2009},
month = {3}
}
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Radiation Imaging of Dry Storage Casks for Spent Nuclear Fuel
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