Sensors for passively measuring a maximum temperature of a nuclear reactor, and related methods

Joshua Daw (Inventor), Troy Unruh (Inventor), Brenden Heidrich (Inventor), David Hurley (Inventor), Kiyo Fujimoto (Inventor), David Estrada (Inventor), M. Mcmurtrey (Inventor), Kunal Mondal (Inventor), Lance Hone (Inventor), Robert Seifert (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A sensor for passively measuring a maximum temperature within a nuclear reactor comprises a substrate, and a plurality of melt wires within a cavity defined within the substrate, at least one melt wire of the plurality of melt wires exhibiting a variable melting temperature along a length of the at least one melt wire. Related sensors and methods of forming the sensors are also disclosed.
Original languageEnglish
Patent number11923097B2
StatePublished - Mar 5 2024

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