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APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A MACHINE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4782125
An arrangement for loading and unloading a nuclear reactor is described. Depleted fuel elements are removed from the reactor through one of a small number of holes in a shielding plug that is rotatably mounted in an eccentric annular plug rotatably mounted in the top of the reactor. The fuel elements removed are stored in a plurality of openings in a rotatable magazine or storage means rotatably mounted over the plugs. (AEC)
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-028509
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 3044947
OSTI ID:
4782125
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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