ZA200906976B - Device and method for securing at least one fuel assembly which has remained engaged below an upper plate of a nuclear reactor core - Google Patents

Device and method for securing at least one fuel assembly which has remained engaged below an upper plate of a nuclear reactor core

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ZA200906976B
ZA200906976B ZA200906976A ZA200906976A ZA200906976B ZA 200906976 B ZA200906976 B ZA 200906976B ZA 200906976 A ZA200906976 A ZA 200906976A ZA 200906976 A ZA200906976 A ZA 200906976A ZA 200906976 B ZA200906976 B ZA 200906976B
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South Africa
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securing
upper plate
nuclear reactor
fuel assembly
reactor core
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ZA200906976A
Inventor
Laurent Cahouet
Steve Eschalier
Frederic Buchot
Jean-Yves Ginda
Christophe Parize
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Areva Np
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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
    • G21C19/19—Reactor parts specifically adapted to facilitate handling, e.g. to facilitate charging or discharging of 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
    • G21C19/20—Arrangements for introducing objects into the pressure vessel; Arrangements for handling objects within the pressure vessel; Arrangements for removing objects from the pressure vessel
    • G21C19/205—Interchanging of fuel elements in the core, i.e. fuel shuffling
    • 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)
ZA200906976A 2008-10-09 2009-10-07 Device and method for securing at least one fuel assembly which has remained engaged below an upper plate of a nuclear reactor core ZA200906976B (en)

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FR0856841A FR2937172B1 (en) 2008-10-09 2008-10-09 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURING AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTIBLE ASSEMBLY HANGING UNDER A PLATE SUPERIOR TO A NUCLEAR REACTOR HEART

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ZA200906976B true ZA200906976B (en) 2010-10-27

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Families Citing this family (1)

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FR2966278B1 (en) 2010-10-14 2012-12-21 Areva Np DEVICE FOR MOMENTANEALLY SUPPORTING UPPER INTERNAL EQUIPMENT ON A TANK OF A PRESSURIZED WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR

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FR2746538B1 (en) * 1996-03-21 1998-06-12 Framatome Sa METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FUEL ASSEMBLIES OR CONTROL CLUSTERS OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR HANGING BELOW SUPERIOR INTERNAL EQUIPMENT OF THE REACTOR
SE506570C2 (en) * 1996-05-10 1998-01-12 Asea Atom Ab Nuclear fuel method and handling equipment
FR2846466B1 (en) * 1998-10-16 2005-02-04 Framatome Sa METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND SEPARATING THE UPPER HEART PLATE OF A PRESSURIZED WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR OF A FUEL ASSEMBLY

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FR2937172A1 (en) 2010-04-16

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