Inspection apparatus and method of inspecting a reactor component using the same
AssigneeGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
InventorsMatthew Robert Hastings, Ryan M. Smith, Lenin N. Benicki
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Abstract
An inspection apparatus may include an installation platform and a scan head. The scan head may be configured to engage in an index movement, a theta movement, a wrist fold movement, and a scan movement. During the scan movement, a transducer of the scan head travels a circumferential path so as to allow an inspection of a surface that is opposite of a surface on which the installation platform is mounted. The inspection apparatus may be used to inspect a reactor component in a nuclear reactor.
Claims12
A method of inspecting a reactor component in a nuclear reactor, comprising:
- lowering an inspection apparatus into a reactor pressure vessel of the nuclear reactor, the inspection apparatus including an installation platform and a scan head;
- securing the installation platform of the inspection apparatus to a first surface of the reactor component within the reactor pressure vessel;
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- manipulating the scan head of the inspection apparatus to extend to wrap around the reactor component to an opposing second surface of the reactor component such that the installation platform remains stationary when the scan head is extended to wrap around the reactor component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.