Welding fixture for nuclear fuel pin cladding assemblies

Patent · Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5056540

Oakley, D J; Feld, S H

A welding fixture is described for locating a driver sleeve about the open end of a nuclear fuel pin cladding. The welding fixture includes a holder provided with an open cavity having shoulders for properly positioning the driver sleeve, the end cap, and a soft, high temperature resistant plastic protective sleeve that surrounds a portion of the end cap stem. Ejected contaminant particles spewed forth by closure of the cladding by pulsed magnetic welding techniques are captured within a contamination trap formed in the holder for ultimate removal and disposal of contaminating particles along with the holder.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: DE85006416
• OSTI ID: 5056540
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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