NEUP CINR-21-24310: Fusion of Distributed Fiber Optics, Acoustic NDE, and Physics-Based AI for Spent Fuel Monitoring

The proposal will leverage new concepts in the fusion between fiber optic (FO) distributed acoustic sensing and advanced acoustic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques with AI-enhanced classification frameworks to quantitatively characterize the state of dry cask storage containers for spent fuel monitoring externally and non-invasively, without introducing additional risks of failure.

Additional Info

Field	Value
Awarded Institution	University of Pittsburgh
PI	Paul Ohodnicki