Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor
Patent
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OSTI ID:5371408
A refueling machine for inserting and removing fuel assemblies from a nuclear reactor includes a pair of concentrically disposed stationary masts mounted on a movable bridge which spans the containment walls of the reactor. The bridge supports a trolley movable transversely to bridge movement thus providing an arrangement wherein the masts can be precisely positioned over a fuel assembly in the reactor core. A hoist mounted on the outer of the masts supports a vertically movable inner mast of a size sufficient to enclose a fuel assembly. An actuator tube inside the inner mast moves gripper fingers on the bottom thereof into engagement with the top nozzle of a fuel assembly prior to lifting it upwardly out of the reactor core.
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4311557
- OSTI ID:
- 5371408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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