Remote Visual Inspection Of Nuclear Fuel Pellets With Fiber Optics And Video Image Processing

Frank W. Moore

doi:10.1117/12.7974041

1 February 1987 Remote Visual Inspection Of Nuclear Fuel Pellets With Fiber Optics And Video Image Processing

Frank W. Moore

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 26, Issue 2, 262152 (February 1987). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7974041

Abstract

Westinghouse Hanford Company has designed and constructed a nuclear fuel fabrication process line for the U.S. Department of Energy. This process line includes a system that remotely inspects the cylindrical surface of nuclear fuel pellets for surface spots, flaws, or discoloration. The pellets are inspected on a 100% basis after pellet sintering. A feeder delivers the pellets directly to a fiber optic inspection head, which views one pellet surface at a time and images it to a closed-circuit color televison camera (CCTV). The output signal of the CCTV is input to a digital imaging processor that stores approximately 25 pellet images at a time. A human operator visually examines the images of the pellet surfaces on a high resolution monitor and accepts or rejects the pellets based on visual standards. The operator uses a digitizing tablet to record the location of rejected pellets, which are then automatically removed from the product stream. The system is expandable to automated disposition of the pellet surface image.

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Frank W. Moore "Remote Visual Inspection Of Nuclear Fuel Pellets With Fiber Optics And Video Image Processing," Optical Engineering 26(2), 262152 (1 February 1987). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7974041

Published: 1 February 1987

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