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AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsKevin J. Foley, Charles R. Barrett
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An apparatus for performing an inspection on the beams of the top guide of a BWR includes a housing, an alignment assembly, and an inspection system. The housing is receivable atop the upper edges of a first pair of beams adjacent a receptacle of the top guide. The reception of the housing atop the upper edges of the first pair of beams is facilitated by the alignment assembly which includes a plurality of legs that are simultaneously moved between a retracted position wherein one or more of the legs is disengaged from the beams within the receptacle and an extended position wherein all of the legs are engaged with the beams of the top guide within the receptacle. The inspection system includes a pair of inspection elements that are translated above a second pair of beams that are adjacent the receptacle and that do not have the housing received thereon.
An apparatus configured to inspect at least a portion of a top guide of a nuclear reactor, wherein the nuclear reactor comprises a plurality of beams arranged in a grid pattern, the apparatus comprising:
An alignment assembly configured to properly align an inspection element relative to a top guide of a nuclear reactor, wherein the top guide comprises a plurality of beams arranged in a grid pattern, wherein each beam of the plurality of beams comprises an upper edge, the alignment assembly comprising:
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