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Title: CUTTING AND WEDGING JACKET REMOVER

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4238496

A tool is presented for stripping cladded jackets from fissionable fuel elements. The tool is a tube which fits closely around the jacket and which has two cutting edges at opposite sides of one end. These cutting edges are adjusted to penetrate only the jacket so that by moving the edges downward the jacket is cut into two pieces.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-015751
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2880636
OSTI ID:
4238496
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English