| Westinghouse Electric Company Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
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| 20110200160 | SPLIT SPRING ANTI-FRETTING FUEL ROD SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A nuclear fuel assembly grid having a vertical, elongated, split spring on each wall of the cells that support fuel rods to provide eight, co-planar, point contacts of support for the fuel rod. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110085633 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS - A method of monitoring a condition of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel disposed in a radioactive environment is provided. The method includes the steps of sensing a condition of the reactor pressure vessel with an instrument, transmitting a signal indicative of the condition of the reactor pressure vessel from the instrument to a powered wireless transmitting modem disposed in the radioactive environment, wirelessly transmitting a signal indicative of the condition of the reactor pressure vessel from the transmitting modem to a receiving modem in the line of sight of the transmitting modem, transmitting a signal indicative of the condition of the reactor pressure vessel from the receiving modem to a signal processing unit, and determining the condition of the reactor pressure vessel from the wirelessly transmitted signal. | 04-14-2011 |
