BARC/PUB/2016/0714

 
 

Application of X-Ray CT for Non-destructive Characterization of Graphite Fuel-Tube

 
     
 
Author(s)

Agrawal, A. K.; Sarkar, P. S.; Kashyap, Y. S.; Singh, B.; Sharma, A.; Kumar, R.; Sinha, A.
(N&XPD;AFD)

Source

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 2016. Vol. 35 (3): pp. 1-8

ABSTRACT

Non-destructive characterization of fuel tube of compact high temperature reactor was carried out using quantitative X-ray computed tomography (CT). The fuel tube is made of graphite and parameters of its fuel/coolant channels such as area, inter-spacing and longitudinal uniformity need to be characterized properly throughout its length to ensure homogeneous temperature distribution. A prototype fuel tube was fabricated and characterized using X-ray-CT at two different resolution scales followed by quantitative image analysis. The study reveals potential of X-ray CT in detecting small scale and large scale uniformity of fuel tube channels qualitatively and quantitatively.

 
 
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