GB1024089A - Nuclear reactor loading and unloading machine - Google Patents

Nuclear reactor loading and unloading machine

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Publication number
GB1024089A
GB1024089A GB7323/65A GB732365A GB1024089A GB 1024089 A GB1024089 A GB 1024089A GB 7323/65 A GB7323/65 A GB 7323/65A GB 732365 A GB732365 A GB 732365A GB 1024089 A GB1024089 A GB 1024089A
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Prior art keywords
unit
shield
shielding
rails
chamber
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GB7323/65A
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Robert Blot
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Electricite de France SA
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Electricite de France SA
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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
    • G21C19/18—Apparatus for bringing fuel elements to the reactor charge area, e.g. from a storage place
    • 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
    • G21C19/16—Articulated or telescopic chutes or tubes for connection to channels in the reactor core
    • 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
    • G21C19/20—Arrangements for introducing objects into the pressure vessel; Arrangements for handling objects within the pressure vessel; Arrangements for removing objects from the pressure vessel
    • G21C19/22—Arrangements for obtaining access to the interior of a pressure vessel whilst the reactor is operating
    • 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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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)

Abstract

1,024,089. Fuelling reactors. ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (SERVICE NATIONAL). Feb. 19, 1965 [March 6, 1964], No. 7323/65. Heading G6C. A machine A for fuelling a reactor B having a standpipe 3 and charge flow 4 comprises a bottom unit 6 and top unit 8, the unit 6 running on rails 5 and the unit 8 having running gear 32 engaging rails 34 on the shielding 16 of the unit 6. A chamber 10 has a spigot 12 connectable to the standpipe 3 and contains a drum and winch for storage and handling of the fuel elements (not shown). The chamber 10 connects through an opening 13 and valve 14 in the shielding 16 with a chamber 18 formed in the shielding 20 of the unit 8, the chamber 18 having an opening 22 controlled by a valve 24. The chamber 18 serves as a storage for standpipe closure flaps, loading arms &c. The two units 6, 8 may be separated when pressurized with reactor coolant after closing the valves 14, 24, the unit 8 being moved transversely in the direction F. In order to maintain the radiation shielding at the opening 13 the unit 8 has connected thereto a radiation shield 28 having running gear 32<SP>1</SP> engaging the rails 34, the unit 8 being stopped in its movement in the direction F when the shield 28 is centred above the opening and a shielding ring 38 on the shield lowered to engage the shielding 16. The shield 28 is disconnected from the unit 8 and the latter continues its movement in the direction F until it arrives on rails 34<SP>1</SP> on a shield 26 supported by a bracket 30, the rails 34<SP>1</SP> forming a continuation of the rails 34. A shielding ring 25 on the unit 8 is lowered to engage the shield 26 and the latter is locked to the unit, whereupon the unit having its opening 22 covered by the shield may be removed by a crane. .
GB7323/65A 1964-03-06 1965-02-19 Nuclear reactor loading and unloading machine Expired GB1024089A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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FR966508A FR1395856A (en) 1964-03-06 1964-03-06 Nuclear reactor loading and unloading machine

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GB1024089A true GB1024089A (en) 1966-03-30

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BE (1) BE659779A (en)
DE (1) DE1489821B1 (en)
FR (1) FR1395856A (en)
GB (1) GB1024089A (en)
LU (1) LU48125A1 (en)

Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4281691A (en) * 1978-08-25 1981-08-04 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Device for transferring and packaging contaminants such as radioactive products within a leak-tight sheath
US4316814A (en) * 1978-09-13 1982-02-23 Gesellschaft Fur Strahlen-Und Umweltforschung Mbh Seal for a storage bore hole accommodating radioactive waste and method of applying the seal

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FR2647584B1 (en) * 1989-05-24 1994-03-11 Framatome AUXILIARY LIFTING DEVICE FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR
CN116344074B (en) * 2023-01-03 2023-10-27 中国原子能科学研究院 Top shield structure for reactor

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BE565152A (en) * 1957-02-27
BE583538A (en) * 1957-12-18
FR1247089A (en) * 1959-01-29 1960-11-25 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactors

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4281691A (en) * 1978-08-25 1981-08-04 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Device for transferring and packaging contaminants such as radioactive products within a leak-tight sheath
US4316814A (en) * 1978-09-13 1982-02-23 Gesellschaft Fur Strahlen-Und Umweltforschung Mbh Seal for a storage bore hole accommodating radioactive waste and method of applying the seal

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BE659779A (en) 1965-06-16
DE1489821B1 (en) 1970-09-24
FR1395856A (en) 1965-04-16
LU48125A1 (en) 1965-05-04

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