GB866541A - Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel element discharging arrangements - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel element discharging arrangements

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Publication number
GB866541A
GB866541A GB24122/58A GB2412258A GB866541A GB 866541 A GB866541 A GB 866541A GB 24122/58 A GB24122/58 A GB 24122/58A GB 2412258 A GB2412258 A GB 2412258A GB 866541 A GB866541 A GB 866541A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
tubes
machine
fuel elements
carriage
string
Prior art date
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Expired
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GB24122/58A
Inventor
Everett Long
Ivor Kent
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Publication date
Priority to NL241660D priority Critical patent/NL241660A/xx
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to GB24122/58A priority patent/GB866541A/en
Priority to FR800981A priority patent/FR1230954A/en
Priority to CH7623259A priority patent/CH374124A/en
Priority to DEU6383A priority patent/DE1248177B/en
Publication of GB866541A publication Critical patent/GB866541A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • G21C19/20—Arrangements for introducing objects into the pressure vessel; Arrangements for handling objects within the pressure vessel; Arrangements for removing objects from the pressure vessel
    • 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
    • G21C19/06—Magazines for holding fuel elements or control 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
    • G21C19/06—Magazines for holding fuel elements or control elements
    • G21C19/065—Rotatable magazines
    • 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

866,541. Handling nuclear fuel elements. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. July 10, 1959 [July 26, 1958], No. 24122/58. Class 39(4). An arrangement permitting partly irradiated fuel elements which have been removed from a reactor to be stored in a shielded enclosure outside the reactor containment until they are required to be replaced in the core comprises discharge tubes 10 extending from the charge face 4 through the outer containment 7 of a gas-cooled reactor 2 having a pressure vessel 1. A refuelling machine 6 movable over the face 4 may be connected to any one of the tubes 10, the latter having valves 39 and terminating within a steel-walled. gas-tight enclosure 13 having a containment 16. A carriage 19 is rotatable on a tube 22 within the enclosure 13 and has a plurality of fuel element storage tubes 23 arranged in concentric circles whereby the tubes of a particular circle may be successively aligned with a corresponding tube 10. A coolant gas supply at a pressure slightly above atmospheric is introduced into the carriage 19 (Fig. 2, not shown) and flows upwardly through the tubes 23 and also through the tubes 10 when the valves 39 are open. In operation the fuel elements removed from the core 2 are retained in the machine 6 under pressurised cooling for the dissipation of fission product heating the pressure in the machine then being reduced and the machine connected to one of i the tubes 10 whereupon a string of fuel ele- \ ments is lowered by a grab into an empty tube 23. The carriage 19 is rotated and the machine 6 moved for connection to the other tubes 10 as required until all the fuel elements have been stored in the carriage. Inspection of a string of fuel elements may be carried out by lifting a string 37 into a cave 43 through one of a number of tubes 42 similar to the tubes 10, observation being made from a platform 40 through a window 43a.
GB24122/58A 1958-07-26 1958-07-26 Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel element discharging arrangements Expired GB866541A (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL241660D NL241660A (en) 1958-07-26
GB24122/58A GB866541A (en) 1958-07-26 1958-07-26 Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel element discharging arrangements
FR800981A FR1230954A (en) 1958-07-26 1959-07-23 Nuclear reactors
CH7623259A CH374124A (en) 1958-07-26 1959-07-25 Nuclear reactor
DEU6383A DE1248177B (en) 1958-07-26 1959-07-25 Loading and unloading system for a nuclear reactor

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB24122/58A GB866541A (en) 1958-07-26 1958-07-26 Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel element discharging arrangements

Publications (1)

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GB866541A true GB866541A (en) 1961-04-26

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CH (1) CH374124A (en)
DE (1) DE1248177B (en)
FR (1) FR1230954A (en)
GB (1) GB866541A (en)
NL (1) NL241660A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3200043A (en) * 1960-06-24 1965-08-10 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Plant for remote handling of nuclear fuel elements
US3416996A (en) * 1966-04-01 1968-12-17 English Electric Co Ltd Fuel handling systems associated with a nuclear reactor
US3428523A (en) * 1966-11-16 1969-02-18 Gen Electric Canada Nuclear fuel handling system
US4021297A (en) * 1972-11-30 1977-05-03 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Nuclear reactor installation containment construction

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL296129A (en) * 1962-02-20

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2708656A (en) * 1944-12-19 1955-05-17 Fermi Enrico Neutronic reactor
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
BE548462A (en) * 1955-06-10
GB849277A (en) * 1957-01-31 1960-09-21 Babcock & Wilcox Ltd Improvements in nuclear reactors

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3200043A (en) * 1960-06-24 1965-08-10 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Plant for remote handling of nuclear fuel elements
US3416996A (en) * 1966-04-01 1968-12-17 English Electric Co Ltd Fuel handling systems associated with a nuclear reactor
US3428523A (en) * 1966-11-16 1969-02-18 Gen Electric Canada Nuclear fuel handling system
US4021297A (en) * 1972-11-30 1977-05-03 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Nuclear reactor installation containment construction

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Publication number Publication date
NL241660A (en)
FR1230954A (en) 1960-09-21
CH374124A (en) 1963-12-31
DE1248177B (en) 1967-08-24

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