Automated fuel pin loading system
Patent
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OSTI ID:5277448
An automated loading system for nuclear reactor fuel elements utilizes a gravity feed conveyor which permits individual fuel pins to roll along a constrained path perpendicular to their respective lengths. The individual lengths of fuel cladding are directed onto movable transports, where they are aligned coaxially with the axes of associated handling equipment at appropriate production stations. Each fuel pin can be be reciprocated axially and/or rotated about its axis as required during handling steps. The fuel pins are inerted as a batch prior to welding of end caps by one of two disclosed welding systems.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- Assignee:
- EDB-84-035745; ERA-09-011930
- Patent Number(s):
- None
- Application Number:
- ON: DE84005926
- OSTI ID:
- 5277448
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210500* -- Power Reactors
Breeding
AUTOMATION
BREEDER REACTORS
CONVEYORS
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PINS
HAULAGE EQUIPMENT
JOINING
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
WELDING
210500* -- Power Reactors
Breeding
AUTOMATION
BREEDER REACTORS
CONVEYORS
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PINS
HAULAGE EQUIPMENT
JOINING
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
WELDING