Fuel handling system for a nuclear reactor
Abstract
A pool type nuclear fission reactor has a core, with a plurality of core elements and a redan which confines coolant as a hot pool at a first end of the core separated from a cold pool at a second end of the core by the redan. A fuel handling system for use with such reactors comprises a core element storage basket located outside of the redan in the cold pool. An access passage is formed in the redan with a gate for opening and closing the passage to maintain the temperature differential between the hot pool and the cold pool. A mechanism is provided for opening and closing the gate. A lifting arm is also provided for manipulating the fuel core elements through the access passage between the storage basket and the core when the redan gate is open.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176560
- Patent Number(s):
- H000177
- Application Number:
- 06/795606
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1985 Nov 06
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 42 ENGINEERING; statutory invention registration
Citation Formats
Saiveau, James G., Kann, William J., and Burelbach, James P. Fuel handling system for a nuclear reactor. United States: N. p., 1986.
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Saiveau, James G., Kann, William J., & Burelbach, James P. Fuel handling system for a nuclear reactor. United States.
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"Fuel handling system for a nuclear reactor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176560.
@article{osti_1176560,
title = {Fuel handling system for a nuclear reactor},
author = {Saiveau, James G. and Kann, William J. and Burelbach, James P.},
abstractNote = {A pool type nuclear fission reactor has a core, with a plurality of core elements and a redan which confines coolant as a hot pool at a first end of the core separated from a cold pool at a second end of the core by the redan. A fuel handling system for use with such reactors comprises a core element storage basket located outside of the redan in the cold pool. An access passage is formed in the redan with a gate for opening and closing the passage to maintain the temperature differential between the hot pool and the cold pool. A mechanism is provided for opening and closing the gate. A lifting arm is also provided for manipulating the fuel core elements through the access passage between the storage basket and the core when the redan gate is open.},
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year = {Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 1986},
month = {Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 1986}
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