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Title: Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor

Patent ·
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
Application Number:
TRN: 82-011594
OSTI ID:
5371408
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 12 Oct 1979; Other Information: PAT-APPL-084036
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English