ZA865518B - Process and device for inspecting control rod clusters for nuclear fuel assemblies - Google Patents

Process and device for inspecting control rod clusters for nuclear fuel assemblies

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ZA865518B
ZA865518B ZA865518A ZA865518A ZA865518B ZA 865518 B ZA865518 B ZA 865518B ZA 865518 A ZA865518 A ZA 865518A ZA 865518 A ZA865518 A ZA 865518A ZA 865518 B ZA865518 B ZA 865518B
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control rod
nuclear fuel
fuel assemblies
rod clusters
inspecting control
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ZA865518A
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Bernard Gebelin
Roger Couture
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Fragema Framatome & Cogema
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/10—Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure with sensitive instruments, e.g. for measuring radioactivity, strain
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/06—Devices or arrangements for monitoring or testing fuel or fuel elements outside the reactor core, e.g. for burn-up, for contamination
    • 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)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Materials By The Use Of Magnetic Means (AREA)
ZA865518A 1985-08-01 1986-07-24 Process and device for inspecting control rod clusters for nuclear fuel assemblies ZA865518B (en)

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FR8511781A FR2585869B1 (fr) 1985-08-01 1985-08-01 Procede et dispositif de controle des crayons de grappe pour assemblage de combustible nucleaire.

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ZA865518B true ZA865518B (en) 1987-03-25

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US (1) US4741878A (xx)
EP (1) EP0213028B2 (xx)
JP (1) JPH06105312B2 (xx)
KR (1) KR940010232B1 (xx)
CA (1) CA1266323A (xx)
DE (1) DE3665374D1 (xx)
ES (1) ES2002721A6 (xx)
FR (1) FR2585869B1 (xx)
ZA (1) ZA865518B (xx)

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JPS6234097A (ja) 1987-02-14
FR2585869A1 (fr) 1987-02-06
EP0213028B2 (fr) 1994-04-20
EP0213028B1 (fr) 1989-08-30
DE3665374D1 (en) 1989-10-05
JPH06105312B2 (ja) 1994-12-21
ES2002721A6 (es) 1988-10-01
FR2585869B1 (fr) 1987-11-13
US4741878A (en) 1988-05-03
KR940010232B1 (ko) 1994-10-22
EP0213028A1 (fr) 1987-03-04
KR870002610A (ko) 1987-03-31
CA1266323A (en) 1990-02-27

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