Automatic X-ray inspection for escaped coated particles in spherical fuel elements of high temperature gas-cooled reactor

Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 385-398

  Yang, Min ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Zhao, Hongsheng ^b   Li, Ziqiang ^b   Liu, Bing ^b   Li, Xingdong ^c   Meng, Fanyong ^d  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic recognition; Digital radiography; High temperature gas cooled reactors; Spherical fuel elements

Indexed keywords

FUEL GAGES; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; SPHERES; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION; AUTOMATIC X-RAY INSPECTION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC CALIBRATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROCESSING METHOD; SCANNING PARAMETERS; SPHERICAL FUEL ELEMENT;

COATED FUEL PARTICLES;

BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; COATING; DESIGN; FUEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

EID: 84898028343     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.02.076     Document Type: Article

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