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Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

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

Authors: A. K. Agrawal, P. S. Sarkar, Y. S. Kashyap, B. Singh, A. Sharma, R. Kumar, A. Sinha

Published in: Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation | Issue 3/2016

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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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Title: Application of X-Ray CT for Non-destructive Characterization of Graphite Fuel-Tube
Authors: A. K. Agrawal
P. S. Sarkar
Y. S. Kashyap
B. Singh
A. Sharma
R. Kumar
A. Sinha
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0195-9298
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4862
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-016-0353-9

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