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IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FUEL ELEMENT CHARGING APPARATUS FOR GAS COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4091947

Apparatus for transferring fuel elements between a container located outside a gas cooled reactor and fuel element channels within the core of the reactor is described. The apparatus consists of a chute adapted to extend from the container into the pressure vessel of the reactor, a gas tight controlled tubular duct flexible over part of its length and adapted to extend radially out from within the lower end of the chute, and means for aligning the lower end of the tubular duct with the end of a selected fuel element channel and for making a substantially gas tight coupling between the lower end of the tubular duct and the channel. (N.W.R.)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-15-020355
OSTI ID:
4091947
Report Number(s):
GB 868021
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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