GB878881A - Improvements in or relating to fuel handling arrangements for nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to fuel handling arrangements for nuclear reactors

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Publication number
GB878881A
GB878881A GB6934/59A GB693459A GB878881A GB 878881 A GB878881 A GB 878881A GB 6934/59 A GB6934/59 A GB 6934/59A GB 693459 A GB693459 A GB 693459A GB 878881 A GB878881 A GB 878881A
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Prior art keywords
axis
magazine
vessel
tube
compartments
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GB6934/59A
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Douglas Edward Anderson
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General Electric Co PLC
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General Electric Co PLC
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Application filed by General Electric Co PLC filed Critical General Electric Co PLC
Priority to GB6934/59A priority Critical patent/GB878881A/en
Publication of GB878881A publication Critical patent/GB878881A/en
Priority to FR884857A priority patent/FR1310382A/en
Priority claimed from FR884857A external-priority patent/FR1310382A/en
Priority to US405022A priority patent/US3227463A/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
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/06—Magazines for holding fuel elements or control elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J15/00—Sealings
    • F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
    • F16J15/34—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with slip-ring pressed against a more or less radial face on one member
    • F16J15/38—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with slip-ring pressed against a more or less radial face on one member sealed by a packing
    • 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)

Abstract

878,881. Handling nuclear fuel elements. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. Feb. 26, 1960 [Feb. 27, 1959], No. 6934/59. Class 39(4). A refuelling machine including a vessel 1 which may be pressurised to match the gas pressure in a reactor to which it is coupled by a flange 14 mating with a selected standpipe 6 depending from the reactor pressure vessel, has a fuel element magazine 9 with its compartments 10 arranged on an arc, the upper ends of the compartments being disposed on a pitch circle 11 and the lower ends on a pitch circle 12, the magazine rotating about the centres X, X of the pitch circles whereby its axis is slightly tilted. The fuel element feeding axis through the standpipe 6 is denoted by reference 13 and the magazine may be rotated from the position shown in Fig. 2 so that the upper end of each compartment 10 may be aligned in turn with the axis 13. The lower ends of the compartments 10 are always displaced from the axis 13 and the lower end of that compartment having its upper end aligned with the axis 13 is in alignment with a fixed tube 15 through which the fuel elements may be fed by a chain. The vessel 1 also contains a mechanism 3 for removing a plug 4 and door 5 and a hoist mechanism 8 for raising a charge tube 7 into the standpipe. The tube 7 is raised into position when the magazine 9 has the position shown in Fig. 2, the displacement of the tube 15 away from the axis 13 providing room for moving the mechanism 8 and enabling the overall size of the vessel 1 to be made smaller. Specification 844,764 is referred to.
GB6934/59A 1959-02-27 1959-02-27 Improvements in or relating to fuel handling arrangements for nuclear reactors Expired GB878881A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB6934/59A GB878881A (en) 1959-02-27 1959-02-27 Improvements in or relating to fuel handling arrangements for nuclear reactors
FR884857A FR1310382A (en) 1959-02-27 1962-01-15 Mechanical sealing device
US405022A US3227463A (en) 1959-02-27 1964-10-14 Mechanical seal

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB6934/59A GB878881A (en) 1959-02-27 1959-02-27 Improvements in or relating to fuel handling arrangements for nuclear reactors
FR884857A FR1310382A (en) 1959-02-27 1962-01-15 Mechanical sealing device

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GB878881A true GB878881A (en) 1961-10-04

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