US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on Jan. 27 for "Method of detecting an existence of a loose part in a steam generator of a nuclear power plant" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,112, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Method of detecting an existence of a loose part in a steam generator of a nuclear power plant" was invented by Qui V. Le (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of signal anomalies are identified in a number of tubes in a steam generator. Since the geometry of the steam generator is known, the location of each signal anomaly along each tube is converted into a location within the interior of the steam generator. If a plurality of signal anomalies are at locations within the steam generator that are within a predetermined ...