Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear transmutation – By neutron bombardment
Patent
1996-05-17
1998-07-14
Wasil, Daniel D.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear transmutation
By neutron bombardment
376249, G21C 17003
Patent
active
057816026
ABSTRACT:
Prompt Gamma Neuteon Activation Analysis (PGNAA) is employed to determined in situ the content of nickel, copper, or other embrittlement-enhancing elements within the weld metal joints of nuclear reactor pressure vessels.
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Anderson Stanwood L.
Congedo Thomas V.
Dulloo Abdul R.
Fero Arnold H.
Ruddy Francis H.
Wasil Daniel D.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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