发明名称 Shipping container for a nuclear fuel assembly
摘要 A shipping container is provided for a hexagonal nuclear fuel assembly including a top nozzle having a top end, an outer barrel, an external shoulder, and an inner barrel; a plurality of grids which support fuel rods; and a bottom nozzle having an internal shoulder within a recess, a spherical taper, and a bottom end. The container may include a housing, a support for the fuel assembly, a top nozzle holder secured to the support, plural grid supports secured to the support, plural clamping frames for clamping the grids, plural guide plates for guiding the fuel assembly between adjacent grid supports, and a bottom nozzle holder secured to the support. The top nozzle holder may include a shoulder holder for holding the external shoulder, an end holder for enclosing and holding the top end, and a shoulder clamp for clamping the shoulder holder to the support. The shoulder holder may include a resilient split ring for positioning around the inner barrel and a resilient split support for encasing the resilient split ring. The grid supports may each include two wedges for supporting two sides of the grid, a base plate for fixedly supporting the two wedges thereto, a bearing pad fixedly mounted to the support for slidably supporting the base plate, and shoulder screws for limiting a sliding motion of the base plate on the bearing pad. The guide plates may have a guide side and two surfaces for guiding the two sides of the grids.
申请公布号 US5481117(A) 申请公布日期 1996.01.02
申请号 US19940299697 申请日期 1994.09.01
申请人 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION 发明人 GILMORE, CHARLES B.;HILLE, NICK W.
分类号 G21F5/008;(IPC1-7):G21C19/00 主分类号 G21F5/008
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