Modern X-ray and optical inspection systems for the nuclear industry products

The digital X-ray systems for nondestructive quality control of rod fuel element welded joints, electron optical systems for fuel element size monitoring and laser process systems for fuel elements labelling using bar codes and code information readout are described. Basing on the testing results discussed it is shown that the suggested system for nondestructive quality control of fuel element welded joints insures high resolution and gives an opportunity to detect defects not less than 100 μm in-size under industrial production rate. It is stressed that the described systems being the equipment of the new generation provides capabilities for high-quality nondestructive control of products in industrial process lines of nuclear industry