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In recent years, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory has been developing the Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique for Ultrasonic Testing (SAFT-UT) for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The program objective has been to develop and validate the SAFT-UT technology for inservice inspection of nuclear power plant components. This technique utilizes the full three-dimensional SAFT algorithm computed in the time domain. The project has included development of a field-usable, real-time SAFT-UT imaging system, and also enhancement of the SAFT-UT algorithm to achieve real-time rates. This paper discusses techniques that have been employed to achieve these goals, including a description of the system, system performance data, and a discussion of a real-time SAFT processor peripheral device for performing the computer-intensive SAFT algorithm computations. An overall view of the SAFT-UT system itself will also be discussed.
Work supported by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Contract DE-AC06-76RLO 1830; Dr. J. Muscara, NRC Program Monitor.
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Hall, T.E., Doctor, S.R., Reid, L.D., Littlefield, R.J., Gilbert, R.W. (1987). Implementation of a Real-Time Ultrasonic Saft System for Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Components. In: Jones, H.W. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium, July 14–6, 1986. Acoustical Imaging, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5320-1_23
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