GB852028A - Improvements relating to mechanical handling apparatus for nuclear reactor fuel elements - Google Patents

Improvements relating to mechanical handling apparatus for nuclear reactor fuel elements

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Publication number
GB852028A
GB852028A GB27916/56A GB2791656A GB852028A GB 852028 A GB852028 A GB 852028A GB 27916/56 A GB27916/56 A GB 27916/56A GB 2791656 A GB2791656 A GB 2791656A GB 852028 A GB852028 A GB 852028A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
fuel element
arm
channel
magazine
pawls
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Expired
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GB27916/56A
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David Reginald Davies
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Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
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Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
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Priority to BE560766D priority Critical patent/BE560766A/xx
Application filed by Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd filed Critical Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
Priority to GB27916/56A priority patent/GB852028A/en
Priority to DEM35276A priority patent/DE1093498B/en
Priority to ES0237531A priority patent/ES237531A1/en
Priority to FR1189170D priority patent/FR1189170A/en
Publication of GB852028A publication Critical patent/GB852028A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C5/00—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator
    • G21C5/02—Details
    • G21C5/06—Means for locating or supporting fuel 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
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • 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)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)

Abstract

852,028. Nuclear reactors : handling materials in radioactive environment. METROPOLITAN-VICKERS ELECTRICAL CO. Ltd. Sept. 2, 1957 [Sept. 12, 1956], No. 27916/56. Class 39(4). A fuel element carrier which is positioned beneath a selected vertical fuel element channel in a reactor core by apparatus disclosed in Specification 852,027 to permit elements to be introduced into or removed from the channel, comprises a cylindrical magazine 1 rotatably supported on a base 4 by rollers 3, the base 4 having rail wheels 5. Tubular fuel element compartments 2 are circularly disposed around the magazine, each compartment having a vertical slot 7 for receiving the nose 8 of an arm 9 whereby the arm may be raised to the chain-line position to lift a fuel element 13 by means of a piston 31, the fuel element being supported within the fuel element channel by pawls 30. The arm 9 is pivoted to a block 10 slidably in a slot 11 and operated by a link 16 eccentrically connected at 18 to a wheel 19 having six teeth 22. The lowermost tooth 22 is engaged by the arms described in the aforementioned Specification when these arms rotate and thus six engagements are required to rotate the wheel once and cause the arm 9 to be raised and lowered. The wheel shaft 20 rotates an arm 26 through gears 24, 25, the arm 26 cooperating with a series of rollers 27 disposed around the magazine 1 whereby for each revolution of the wheel 19 the magazine is rotated through one step to bring succeeding compartments 2 in turn beneath the same fuel element channel whereby a number of elements 13 may be fed in succession into the channel. In order to remove fuel elements from a channel the pistons 31 are replaced by pistons 23, Fig. 4, having pawls 34, these pistons when lifted causing deflection of the fuel-retaining pawls 30 and when retracted withdrawing the fuel element by the latching of the pawls 34 on bars 32 of the element.
GB27916/56A 1956-09-12 1956-09-12 Improvements relating to mechanical handling apparatus for nuclear reactor fuel elements Expired GB852028A (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BE560766D BE560766A (en) 1956-09-12
GB27916/56A GB852028A (en) 1956-09-12 1956-09-12 Improvements relating to mechanical handling apparatus for nuclear reactor fuel elements
DEM35276A DE1093498B (en) 1956-09-12 1957-09-09 Support device for nuclear fuel elements
ES0237531A ES237531A1 (en) 1956-09-12 1957-09-11 Improvements relating to mechanical handling apparatus for nuclear reactor fuel elements
FR1189170D FR1189170A (en) 1956-09-12 1957-09-11 Improvements relating to loading and unloading devices for nuclear reactors

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GB27916/56A GB852028A (en) 1956-09-12 1956-09-12 Improvements relating to mechanical handling apparatus for nuclear reactor fuel elements

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GB852028A true GB852028A (en) 1960-10-19

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DE (1) DE1093498B (en)
ES (1) ES237531A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1189170A (en)
GB (1) GB852028A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3167484A (en) * 1961-12-12 1965-01-26 Martin Marietta Corp Flexible fuel bundle for continuously refueled nuclear reactors

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2756858A (en) * 1950-03-23 1956-07-31 Kasschau Kenneth Fuel charging machine
US2725993A (en) * 1951-08-28 1955-12-06 Phillips P Smith Positioning device
FR1108407A (en) * 1954-07-06 1956-01-12 Creusot Forges Ateliers Magazines for uranium rods and cart using these magazines for the loading or unloading of a nuclear reactor

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3167484A (en) * 1961-12-12 1965-01-26 Martin Marietta Corp Flexible fuel bundle for continuously refueled nuclear reactors

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DE1093498B (en) 1960-11-24
ES237531A1 (en) 1958-09-16
BE560766A (en)
FR1189170A (en) 1959-09-30

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