INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INSPECTING A REACTOR COMPONENT USING THE SAME

摘要

An inspection apparatus may include an installation platform and a scan head. The scan head may be configured to engage in an index movement, a theta movement, a wrist fold movement, and a scan movement. During the scan movement, a transducer of the scan head travels a circumferential path so as to allow an inspection of a surface that is opposite of a surface on which the installation platform is mounted. The inspection apparatus may be used to inspect a reactor component in a nuclear reactor.

主权项

1. A method of inspecting a reactor component in a nuclear reactor, comprising:
lowering an inspection apparatus into a reactor pressure vessel of the nuclear reactor, the inspection apparatus including an installation platform and a scan head; securing the installation platform of the inspection apparatus to a first surface of the reactor component within the reactor pressure vessel; and manipulating the scan head of the inspection apparatus around the reactor component to an opposing second surface of the reactor component.