GB2060238B - Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor - Google Patents

Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor

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GB2060238B
GB2060238B GB8032600A GB8032600A GB2060238B GB 2060238 B GB2060238 B GB 2060238B GB 8032600 A GB8032600 A GB 8032600A GB 8032600 A GB8032600 A GB 8032600A GB 2060238 B GB2060238 B GB 2060238B
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nuclear reactor
refueling machine
refueling
machine
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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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
    • 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
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
    • G21C19/105—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements with grasping or spreading coupling elements
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S294/00—Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
    • Y10S294/906—Atomic fuel handler

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Carriers, Traveling Bodies, And Overhead Traveling Cranes (AREA)
GB8032600A 1979-10-12 1980-10-09 Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor Expired GB2060238B (en)

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US06/084,036 US4311557A (en) 1979-10-12 1979-10-12 Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor

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GB2060238A GB2060238A (en) 1981-04-29
GB2060238B true GB2060238B (en) 1983-08-24

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US (1) US4311557A (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
JP (1) JPS5661697A (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
KR (1) KR830001007B1 (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
BE (1) BE885655A (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
ES (1) ES8301382A1 (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
FR (1) FR2467465B1 (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
GB (1) GB2060238B (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
IT (1) IT1151095B (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)
SE (1) SE434198B (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png)

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SE8007128L (sv) 1981-04-13
IT8025270A0 (it) 1980-10-13
SE434198B (sv) 1984-07-09
US4311557A (en) 1982-01-19
ES495854A0 (es) 1982-12-01
KR830001007B1 (ko) 1983-05-24
JPS5661697A (en) 1981-05-27
FR2467465B1 (fr) 1985-10-18
BE885655A (fr) 1981-04-10
IT1151095B (it) 1986-12-17
JPS6123519B2 (US07655688-20100202-C00086.png) 1986-06-06
GB2060238A (en) 1981-04-29
ES8301382A1 (es) 1982-12-01
FR2467465A1 (fr) 1981-04-17

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