DE3273677D1 - Method and device for checking a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor - Google Patents

Method and device for checking a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor

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DE3273677D1
DE3273677D1 DE8282402130T DE3273677T DE3273677D1 DE 3273677 D1 DE3273677 D1 DE 3273677D1 DE 8282402130 T DE8282402130 T DE 8282402130T DE 3273677 T DE3273677 T DE 3273677T DE 3273677 D1 DE3273677 D1 DE 3273677D1
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checking
nuclear reactor
fuel assembly
nuclear
reactor
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Andre Leseur
Pierre Delaroche
Robert Saglio
Yves Vaubert
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N29/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Visualisation of the interior of objects by transmitting ultrasonic or sonic waves through the object
    • G01N29/22—Details, e.g. general constructional or apparatus details
    • G01N29/26—Arrangements for orientation or scanning by relative movement of the head and the sensor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/06—Devices or arrangements for monitoring or testing fuel or fuel elements outside the reactor core, e.g. for burn-up, for contamination
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
DE8282402130T 1981-11-25 1982-11-23 Method and device for checking a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor Expired DE3273677D1 (en)

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FR8122063A FR2517104B1 (fr) 1981-11-25 1981-11-25 Procede d'examen d'un assemblage combustible de reacteur nucleaire et machine d'examen pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procede

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DE3273677D1 true DE3273677D1 (en) 1986-11-13

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DE8282402130T Expired DE3273677D1 (en) 1981-11-25 1982-11-23 Method and device for checking a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor

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US (1) US4605531A (de)
EP (1) EP0080418B1 (de)
JP (1) JPS58132696A (de)
KR (1) KR900008662B1 (de)
DE (1) DE3273677D1 (de)
FR (1) FR2517104B1 (de)
ZA (1) ZA828502B (de)

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KR900008662B1 (ko) 1990-11-26
ZA828502B (en) 1983-09-28
JPS58132696A (ja) 1983-08-08
FR2517104B1 (fr) 1987-07-24
US4605531A (en) 1986-08-12
FR2517104A1 (fr) 1983-05-27
EP0080418B1 (de) 1986-10-08
KR840002571A (ko) 1984-07-02
EP0080418A1 (de) 1983-06-01

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