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System for removing and installing a control rod drive

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5070302
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This paper discusses a system for removing and installing an elongated control rod drive from a drive housing mounted in the vessel of a boiling water reactor. The reactor is of the type having an undervessel cavity with a pair of service rails one of which includes a tapered surface along its upper edge.
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4973443; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-262994
OSTI ID:
5070302
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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