INSTALLATION FOR LOADING FUEL RODS IN A NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY

摘要

The invention concerns an installation for loading a nuclear fuel assembly comprising a skeleton defining parallel sites for receiving fuel pencils arranged in layers. It comprises a reception bench (22) with horizontal skeleton, a magazine (16) for receiving pencils to be loaded in an arrangement corresponding to that of the pencils in the assembly, and a traction bench (26) comprising a block of traction or thrust elements for causing several pencils to slide simultaneously from the magazine into the frame inside part. The bench enables to fix removably, by quick mounting and dismounting means, a set of grippers among several sets each corresponding to a particular type of assembly, closed by actuators. The traction bench (26) receives a block selecting drawbars among several blocks, each block having an arrangement of drawbars corresponding to a particular distribution of pencils.