Segment make-up system and method for manufacturing nuclear fuel rods

摘要

A method to insert nuclear fuel pellets into a fuel rod cladding tube, having the steps of providing a cladding tube, providing at least one nuclear fuel pellet to be incorporated into the cladding tube, measuring a length of the at least one nuclear fuel pellet with a camera, comparing the length of the at least one nuclear fuel pellet to an expected length, and incorporating the at least one nuclear fuel pellet into the cladding tube when the compared length of the at least one nuclear fuel pellet is within a threshold value of the expected length.