FR2436477A1 - Transferring water-cooled reactor fuel elements to storage pool - via hot cell to avoid external contamination of transport container - Google Patents

Transferring water-cooled reactor fuel elements to storage pool - via hot cell to avoid external contamination of transport container

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FR2436477A1
FR2436477A1 FR7922528A FR7922528A FR2436477A1 FR 2436477 A1 FR2436477 A1 FR 2436477A1 FR 7922528 A FR7922528 A FR 7922528A FR 7922528 A FR7922528 A FR 7922528A FR 2436477 A1 FR2436477 A1 FR 2436477A1
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hot cell
water
fuel elements
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Kraftwerk Union AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/32—Apparatus for removing radioactive objects or materials from the reactor discharge area, e.g. to a storage place; Apparatus for handling radioactive objects or materials within a storage place or removing them therefrom
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
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Abstract

Used fuel elements are handled from water-cooled reactors by transferring the elements from a transport container into a water-filled cooling pool. The container is sealed with its opening to a hot cell for dry handling of the elements, the elements are transferred to the hot cell and are then moved from the cell into the storage pool, with controlled cooling during the transfer from the cell to the pool. Pref. suctional capture is used to keep the water away from the hot cell. A control quantity of water is pref. used for cooling. Used for handling of used fuel elements from water-cooled reactor. The method eliminates the need to submerge the handling container in the pool, with the consequent decontamination of its external surface.
FR7922528A 1978-09-18 1979-09-10 Transferring water-cooled reactor fuel elements to storage pool - via hot cell to avoid external contamination of transport container Granted FR2436477A1 (en)

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DE19782840558 DE2840558A1 (en) 1978-09-18 1978-09-18 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING USED FUEL ELEMENTS OF WATER-COOLED CORE REACTORS

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FR2436477A1 true FR2436477A1 (en) 1980-04-11
FR2436477B1 FR2436477B1 (en) 1983-01-21

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GB2116900B (en) * 1982-02-18 1985-06-05 Nat Nuclear Corp Ltd Dry storage of irradiated nuclear fuel
DE3500999A1 (en) * 1985-01-14 1986-07-17 Kraftwerk Union AG, 4330 Mülheim Store and process for the temporary or ultimate storage of used fuel elements from a nuclear reactor
DE3935646A1 (en) * 1989-08-10 1991-02-14 Hansa Projekt Anlagentechnik G Disposal of radioactive parts from nuclear power plant - using dry cell to house tools for compression and chopping to avoid water purificn., tooling problems and swarf in ponds
CN111554420B (en) * 2020-05-15 2023-02-28 中国核动力研究设计院 Nuclear power station tank filling pool protection device

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US3910006A (en) * 1973-06-07 1975-10-07 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fuel element handling arrangement and method
FR2317737A1 (en) * 1975-07-11 1977-02-04 Atlantic Richfield Co Loading and unloading radioactive materials - using a cask submerged in a contaminated pool and surrounded by fresh water

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DE2220491C3 (en) * 1972-04-26 1978-05-24 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Nuclear power plant with a safety envelope
DE2447522A1 (en) * 1973-10-09 1975-04-17 Transfer Systems Handling of radioactive nuclear fuel elements - using air tight vessel and flooded transport channel

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3910006A (en) * 1973-06-07 1975-10-07 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fuel element handling arrangement and method
FR2317737A1 (en) * 1975-07-11 1977-02-04 Atlantic Richfield Co Loading and unloading radioactive materials - using a cask submerged in a contaminated pool and surrounded by fresh water

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FR2436477B1 (en) 1983-01-21
DE2840558C2 (en) 1988-01-21

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