DISPOSITIF DE REMONTAGE D'UN ELEMENT COMBUSTIBLE DANS UN ASSEMBLAGE COMBUSTIBLE DE REACTEUR NUCLEAIRE

摘要

Apparatus for introducing a fuel element into a fuel assembly is constituted by a plurality of vertical fuel elements and a structure for fixing said fuel elements, whereby the fuel elements have a positioning given by the fuel assembly and has an introduction plate fixed to the upper face of the fuel assembly. The plate has a plurality of orifices for the passage of a fuel element, the orifices positioning the fuel elements in the fuel assembly. A tool grips a fuel element for introduction thereof into a fuel assembly. Lifting means moves the tool in horizontal displacements between a storage rack for the fuel elements and one of the orifices of the introduction plate.