JP3442913B2 - Support rod exchange device for control rod cluster guide tube - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support pin replacement device for a control rod cluster guide tube used in a pressurized water nuclear power plant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, an outline of conventional support pin replacement work will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, a core structure stand 21, which may be a well-known one, is arranged in the cavity 20 in which boric acid water is stretched, and the upper core support plate 23 of the upper core support structure 22 supported by the core structure stand 21 is provided. , A plurality of control rod cluster guide tubes 15 have a central flange 14
It is fixed and installed in. Support pin (not shown)
Is attached to the lower end of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 in a known manner.

In FIG. 6, one of these control rod cluster guide tubes (hereinafter also referred to as G / T) 15 is housed in a protective cylinder 37 for replacement of the support pins described above. In this state, the polar crane 25 is lifted into the air via the G / T hoisting tool 24 and the electric hoist 26, and then suspended by the polar crane 25 on the support pin insertion guide plate 27 temporarily installed on the operation floor surface 1. Shown and positioned.

Around the support pin insertion guide plate 27, a protector 28 which is a protector for shielding radiation is installed. The protector 28 is provided with an opening 36 for inserting the tool 30 so that the operator 29 can replace the support pins by using various tools 30 across the protector. After the replacement work,
The control rod cluster guide pipe 15 is again positioned and inserted into the upper core support plate 23 by the polar crane 25. The above-described work is repeated for all control rod cluster guide tubes 15.

FIG. 7 shows the upper core support plate 23 in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of FIG. 6 and is a view for explaining loosening / attaching work of the fixing bolt 31 which is an operation that is incidental before and after the support pin replacement work described with reference to FIG. 6. In FIG. 7, the middle flange 14 of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 is shown.
Are connected to the upper core support plate 23 by fixing bolts 31. Prior to the support pin replacement work, by remote control from a refueling crane (not shown), through a plurality (only one kind is shown in the drawing) of bolt handling tools 32,
The fixing bolt 31 is removed and collected, and after the support pin replacement work is completed, the fixing bolt 31 is attached.

[0006]

However, in the conventional G / T support pin exchanging work, a worker is placed near the control rod cluster guide pipe 15 while the control rod cluster guide pipe 15 is suspended by the polar crane 25. Various tools 3
Since it is necessary to operate 0 to replace the support pin in the air, there are various points to be improved as described below.

First, it is not desirable for radiation control to raise the control rod cluster guide tube 15 into the air, and although the operator is separated by the protector 28 for shielding the radiation, the operator can control the control rod cluster. The risk of exposure increases when working near the guide tube.

Secondly, it is necessary to occupy the polar crane 25 during almost all the steps of the replacement work, but the period from the fuel removal to the fuel loading is only allocated for about 3 weeks, and during this period, the polar crane 25 is used. Since there is an annual inspection of the crane, the maximum usable period of the polar crane is 2 weeks, preferably about 10 days, and during that period, preparation of equipment and tidying work etc. must be performed.
The period that can be used for actual work is 9 hours per day, which is a total of 90 hours, and it is the current situation that only about 1.5 support rods of the control rod cluster guide tubes can be replaced per day. This indicates that it is impossible to replace all the support pins during one periodic inspection.

Further, the occupation of the polar crane as described above often hinders the progress of other work. Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a support pin exchanging device for a control rod cluster guide tube, which enables quick exchange of the support pin in water.

[0010]

To this end, according to the present invention, an apparatus for replacing a support pin of a control rod cluster guide tube comprises a base mountable across a cavity.
An upper support structure and a lower support structure are provided above and below the base so as to extend in a vertical direction. The upper support structure has a working gallery and the support pins are exchanged from the working gallery. Various tools having a length capable of performing work are provided, and a guide portion that is horizontally arranged at the lower end portion of the lower support structure and that can receive the lower end of the control rod cluster guide tube is provided. A lower base plate having a lower base plate, and an upper base plate horizontally arranged in an intermediate portion of the lower base plate and slidably supporting a spacer capable of supporting the control rod cluster guide pipe are arranged above the lower base plate and the upper base plate. Are horizontally slidable independently of each other,

When the support pin is replaced, the spacer is slid with respect to the upper base plate and pushed forward to support the lower surface of the middle flange of the control rod cluster guide tube on this spacer (FIG. 3 (a)). Next, with the upper base plate retracted backward and the control rod cluster guide tube slightly lifted, the spacer is retracted, and the control rod cluster guide tube can be lowered to the guide portion on the lower base plate (Fig. 3 (b), (c)).
In this state, the support pins are replaced by remote control using various tools suspended from the work corridor on the lifting equipment.

That is, after removing the old support pin, as shown in FIG. 3 (d), the control rod cluster guide tube is lifted and temporarily placed on the spacer, and the lower base plate is pulled backward to guide the guide portion. Collect the old support pin remaining in and also set the new support pin in the guide. After that, the lower base plate is slid forward, the control rod cluster guide tube is lowered to the guide portion, and the new support pin is attached. In this case, the control rod cluster guide tube can be temporarily placed on the spacer and the support pin can be caulked. After the replacement of the support pins is completed in this way, the control rod cluster guide tube supported on the spacer is pushed forward and transferred to the upper core support plate by another transfer means not included in the support pin replacement device.

When a plurality of upper support structures and lower support structures are provided by sharing the base and each upper support structure and each lower support structure are configured as described above, a plurality of control rod cluster guide tube support pins are provided. Can be efficiently replaced.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention, that is, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts. FIG. 1 is a front view of a control pin cluster guide tube support pin exchanging device according to the present invention, and FIG.
It is an arrow line view in a line. In FIG. 1, an upper frame (upper support structure) 3 having a frame structure is connected above the base 2 installed on the operation floor surface 1 across the cavity (see FIG. 6). A known lifting device or hoist 4 and a hoist rail 5 for traversing the hoist are arranged on the top.

A work walkway 6 and a rack 7 for various tools are installed on the base 2 in a manner as shown in the drawing, and the tool rack 7 has a structure in which the hoist 4 can suspend the tool rack 7 at its upper end. The handling tool 8 and the float type handling tool 9 which does not require a hoist are arranged. The handling tools 8 and 9 themselves including the electric discharge cutting tool have a well-known structure, and a detailed description thereof can be omitted. On the other hand, below the base 2, the lower base plate 1 is slidable laterally with respect to the lower frame by a predetermined length.
A lower frame structure (lower support structure) 10 having a frame structure having a lower end portion 1 and an upper base plate 12 which is slidable laterally for a predetermined length is connected to a substantially middle portion. The lower base plate 11 is provided with a guide portion 17 having a structure into which the lower flange 16 of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 can be inserted, and the upper base plate 12 located above the lower base plate 11 is located above It is configured so that it can support the middle flange 14 of the cluster guide tube 15. The upper base plate 12 is provided with positioning pins 13 that are spaced apart in the circumferential direction and extend upward for positioning the control rod cluster guide tube 15 in the circumferential direction.
9 (FIG. 3) are slidably supported in a telescopic manner.
The support pin exchanging device described above includes the lower base plate 11,
There is also a drive that allows each of the upper base plate 12 and the spacer 19 to be slid separately, which drive may be of any known type, such as a fluid operated piston and cylinder assembly or an electric motor. Illustration is omitted.

In FIG. 2, the lower flange 16 of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 supported by the upper base plate 12 in contact with the lower surface of the middle flange 14 is inserted into the guide portion 17 on the lower base plate 11. The guide portion 17 is provided with a mechanism (not shown) capable of positioning various tools (not shown). Also, the lower frame 10
Has at least the total length of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 and the required water shield thickness.

Of the various handling tools 8 and 9 for remotely exchanging the support pins from the working corridor 6, some of the tools 9 are float type which does not require the hoist (lifting device) 4. The electric discharge cutting tool (not shown) described above enables the cutting work to be performed on the two support pins at the same time.

Using the support pin exchanging device having the above structure, the support pins are exchanged in the following manner, starting from the state shown in FIGS. FIG. 3 (a)
When passing the control rod cluster guide pipe 15 to a refueling crane (not shown), both the upper base plate 12 and the spacer 19 are further pushed forward (G / T side) by appropriate means. , The lower base plate 11 is in the front end position. When the upper base plate 12 is pulled to the rear end position from the state of (a) to (b) of FIG. 3, the lower end of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 does not interfere with the guide portion 17 on the lower base plate 11, and It is positioned directly above the part 17.

Next, the upper base plate 12 and the spacer 19 are pulled in to the rear end position, and then the control rod cluster guide tube 15 is lowered and inserted into the guide portion 17, as shown in FIG. 3 (c). In this state, the support pin 18 of the control rod cluster guide tube 15 is replaced. FIG. 3 (d)
Indicates that the control rod cluster guide tube 15 is pulled upward and the lower base plate 11 is retracted to the rear end position when the old support pin 18 is collected and the new support pin (not shown) is set. . The support pins can be efficiently replaced by appropriately selecting and performing the above-described operations described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3D according to work needs.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention, which is an example in which four support pin exchanging devices shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are arranged side by side with the base 2 shared. It goes without saying that the number of juxtapositions can be appropriately changed according to the installation space and the like. By arranging a plurality of support pin exchanging devices side by side in this way, the actual work time required for exchanging the support pins can be greatly reduced. FIG. 5 shows a comparison of the working time when the apparatus of FIG. 4 is used and the working time by the conventional working method.

In FIG. 5, (a) shows 4 according to the present invention.
It is a graph which represents notionally the working time at the time of exchanging the support pin of eight control rod cluster guide tubes using the device arranged side by side.
This is the case when the support pin of the body control rod cluster guide tube is implemented. In the figure, each block represents one body of the control rod cluster guide tube, and the symbols "a", "a", "u" or "33", "34", "35" attached thereto are G /, respectively. T
It shows hoisting work, support pin replacement work, and G / T hoisting work. From this figure, it can be seen that the working time is almost halved.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since it is not necessary to pull up the control rod cluster guide tube to the air to replace the support pins, and all the work can be performed in water, it is advantageous in radiation control and it is possible to reliably expect a reduction in the radiation exposure of workers. Further, since it is not necessary to use the polar crane through the support pin exchange work, it does not adversely affect the progress of other regular inspection work. Furthermore, when a plurality of support pin exchanging devices are used in combination, the support pin exchanging can be performed at the same time, which can significantly reduce the working time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overall configuration of a preferred embodiment of a support pin exchanging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view taken along the line PP of FIG.

3 (a) to 3 (d) are enlarged views of a main part for explaining various steps of a support pin exchange operation.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another embodiment of the support pin exchanging device according to the present invention.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are operation explanatory views showing a comparison of the operation time when the embodiment of FIG. 4 is used and when the conventional support pin replacement method is used.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining a conventional support pin replacement method.

7 is a detailed enlarged view of a Q portion of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Base, 3 ... Upper frame (upper support structure), 6 ... Work corridor, 8 ... Handling tool (tool), 9 ... Float type handling tool (tool), 10 ... Lower frame (lower support structure), 11 ...
Lower base plate, 12 ... Upper base plate, 15
Control rod cluster guide tube, 17 guide portion, 18 support pin, 19 spacer, 20 cavity.

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP 61-3090 (JP, A) JP 61-3092 (JP, A) JP 61-3091 (JP, A) JP 61-133897 (JP , A) JP 62-115397 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G21C 19/20 G21C 19/33

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A device for replacing a support pin of a control rod cluster guide tube, comprising: a base mountable across a cavity; and an upper part arranged vertically above and below the base. A support structure and a lower support structure, wherein the upper support structure is provided with a working gallery and various tools having a length that allows replacement work of the support pins from the working gallery, The lower support structure has a lower base plate that is horizontally arranged at a lower end portion thereof and has a guide portion that can receive a lower end of the control rod cluster guide tube, and a lower base plate that is horizontally arranged at an intermediate portion of the lower base plate. And an upper base plate slidably supporting a spacer capable of supporting the control rod cluster guide tube, the lower base plate and the upper base plate being separated from each other. A support pin exchange device for control rod cluster guide tubes that is horizontally slidable. 2. A device for replacing a support pin of a control rod cluster guide tube, the base being mountable across a cavity, and a plurality of bases extending vertically above and below the base. Of the upper support structure and a plurality of lower support structures, each of the upper support structure, a work corridor, various tools of a length capable of performing the replacement work of the support pin from the work corridor Is disposed in each of the lower support structures, the lower base plate having a guide portion that is horizontally arranged at the lower end portion thereof and that can receive the lower end of the control rod cluster guide tube, and an intermediate portion thereof. An upper base plate, which is horizontally arranged and slidably supports a spacer capable of supporting the control rod cluster guide tube, is disposed above the lower base plate and the upper base plate. A support pin exchange device for control rod cluster guide tubes, wherein the splats are horizontally slidable independently of one another.