GB968002A - Fuel element loading and unloading apparatus for a nuclear reactor - Google Patents

Fuel element loading and unloading apparatus for a nuclear reactor

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Publication number
GB968002A
GB968002A GB44511/61A GB4451161A GB968002A GB 968002 A GB968002 A GB 968002A GB 44511/61 A GB44511/61 A GB 44511/61A GB 4451161 A GB4451161 A GB 4451161A GB 968002 A GB968002 A GB 968002A
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Prior art keywords
tank
fuel element
reactor
gripper
elevator
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GB44511/61A
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Sulzer AG
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Sulzer AG
Gebrueder Sulzer AG
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Publication of GB968002A publication Critical patent/GB968002A/en
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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
    • 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
    • G21C19/08—Means for heating fuel elements before introduction into the core; Means for heating or cooling fuel elements after removal from the 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
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
    • G21C19/115—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements with latching devices and ball couplings
    • 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)
  • Carriers, Traveling Bodies, And Overhead Traveling Cranes (AREA)

Abstract

968, 002. Fuelling reactors. SULZER FRERES S. A. Dec. 12, 1961 [Dec. 21, 1960], No. 44511/61. Heading G6C. Apparatus for loading and unloading a reactor with fuel elements which are secured by their upper ends in the reactor core, is situated beneath the core and comprises a water-filled tank 4 supported by rollers 3 on a travelling gantry 2, the tank containing an hydraulically-operated telescopic elevator 6 having a fuel element gripper 16 at its upper end. In use, the tank 4 is moved to the required position beneath the reactor and the elevator 6 is raised to engage the fuel element. Mechanism (not shown) releases the fuel element from the core whereafter the element may be lowered by the elevator into the tank and the tank transported by the gantry 2 to a point where the fuel element is transferred to a conveyor. In another construction (Figs. 2-4, not shown) the gripper comprises spring-loaded balls which engage a recess in the fuel element casing and is carried by a nut guided for vertical movement in the tank and operated by a vertical threaded shaft driven by an electric motor. In a further construction (Figs. 5-8, not shown) the gripper is vertically movable by a chain-driven mechanism situated within the tank and the latter is pivotably mounted between its ends so that it may be tilted to facilitate removal therefrom of the fuel element, In this construction the apparatus is carried by an eccentrically mounted rotatable cover at the bottom of the reactor chamber.
GB44511/61A 1960-12-21 1961-12-12 Fuel element loading and unloading apparatus for a nuclear reactor Expired GB968002A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH1425560A CH380827A (en) 1960-12-21 1960-12-21 Loading device of an atomic nuclear reactor

Publications (1)

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GB968002A true GB968002A (en) 1964-08-26

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GB44511/61A Expired GB968002A (en) 1960-12-21 1961-12-12 Fuel element loading and unloading apparatus for a nuclear reactor

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BE (1) BE610017A (en)
CH (1) CH380827A (en)
GB (1) GB968002A (en)
NL (1) NL260189A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN108806812A (en) * 2018-06-11 2018-11-13 中广核研究院有限公司 Elevator for reactor fuel assemblies handling

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN108806812A (en) * 2018-06-11 2018-11-13 中广核研究院有限公司 Elevator for reactor fuel assemblies handling
CN108806812B (en) * 2018-06-11 2024-03-29 中广核研究院有限公司 Elevator for loading and unloading reactor fuel assembly

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NL260189A (en)
BE610017A (en) 1962-03-01
CH380827A (en) 1964-08-15

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