Flowpath evaluation and reconnaissance by remote field Eddy current testing (FERRET)

Technical Report · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10123845· OSTI ID:10123845

Smoak, A E; Zollinger, W T

This document describes the design and development of FERRET (Flowpath Evaluation and Reconnaisance by Remote-field Eddy current Testing). FERRET is a system for inspecting the steel pipes which carry cooling water to underground nuclear waste storage tanks. The FERRET system has been tested in a small scale cooling pipe mock-up, an improved full scale mock-up, and in flaw detection experiments. Early prototype designs of FERRET and the FERRET launcher (a device which inserts, moves, and retrieves probes from a piping system) as well as the field-ready design are discussed.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10123845
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-93-612; ON: DE94006673; TRN: 94:002652
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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