CRDM with separate scram latch engagement and locking

Patent · 12 March 2019

OSTI ID:1525049

Dodd, Christopher D.; DeSantis, Paul K.; Stambaugh, Kevin J.; Mackovjak, Allan R.; McLaughlin, John P.; Goodyear, Brett T.; Edwards, Michael J.; Ales, Matthew W.

A control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) configured to latch onto the lifting rod of a control rod assembly and including separate latch engagement and latch holding mechanisms. A CRDM configured to latch onto the lifting rod of a control rod assembly and including a four-bar linkage closing the latch, wherein the four-bar linkage biases the latch closed under force of gravity.

• Research Organization: BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: NE0000583
• Assignee: BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
• Patent Number(s): 10,229,760
• Application Number: 14/174,638
• OSTI ID: 1525049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English