@inproceedings{dc44f828184d4444b6645be3da277a7c,
title = "Temperature sensitivity study of eddy current and digital gauge probes for nuclear fuel rod oxide measurement",
abstract = "Novel fuels are part of the nationwide effort to reduce the enrichment of Uranium for energy production. Performance of such fuels is determined by irradiating their surfaces. To test irradiated samples, the instrumentation must operate remotely. The plate checker used in this experiment at Idaho National Lab (INL) performs non-destructive testing on fuel rod and plate geometries with two different types of sensors: eddy current and digital thickness gauges. The sensors measure oxide growth and total sample thickness on research fuels, respectively. Sensor measurement accuracy is crucial because even 10 microns of error is significant when determining the viability of an experimental fuel. One parameter known to affect the eddy current and thickness gauge sensors is temperature. Since both sensor accuracies depend on the ambient temperature of the system, the plate checker has been characterized for these sensitivities. The manufacturer of the digital gauge probes has noted a rather large coefficient of thermal expansion for their linear scale. It should also be noted that the accuracy of the digital gauge probes are specified at 20°C, which is approximately 7°C cooler than the average hot-cell temperature. In this work, the effect of temperature on the eddy current and digital gauge probes is studied, and thickness measurements are given as empirical functions of temperature.",
author = "Beck, {Faith R.} and Lind, {R. Paul} and Smith, {James A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Material Management and Minimization, National Nuclear Security Administration, under DOE-NE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. This manuscript was authored by a contractor for the U.S. Government. The publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Author(s).; 44th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2017 ; Conference date: 16-07-2017 Through 21-07-2017",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1063/1.5031620",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Chimenti, {Dale E.} and Bond, {Leonard J.}",
booktitle = "44th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Volume 37",
}