发明名称 |
Method for aligning and handling fuel rods within a nuclear fuel bundle |
摘要 |
A method of aligning a nuclear fuel bundle and handling selected fuel rods within the fuel bundle located in a spent fuel pool of a nuclear power plant. The bundle includes water rods, full-length and part-length fuel rods extending through a plurality of fuel spacers provided between top and bottom ends of the bundle, each spacer having a plurality of cells accommodating corresponding fuel and water rods. The method includes insertion of a rod grapple tool into a top end of a fuel bundle and down to a desired location within the bundle. A guide pin retrieval tool inserts into a side of the fuel bundle to remove a guide pin from a distal end of a gripper of the rod grapple tool, allowing the guide pin retrieval tool to grip a part-length fuel rod within the fuel bundle. |
申请公布号 |
US8428214(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.04.23 |
申请号 |
US201113280936 |
申请日期 |
2011.10.25 |
申请人 |
KETCHAM DAVID P.;FULLERTON VERNON JOHN;SMITH DAVID GREY;ROBINSON REX GORMEN;LUCIANO GERALD A.;GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
发明人 |
KETCHAM DAVID P.;FULLERTON VERNON JOHN;SMITH DAVID GREY;ROBINSON REX GORMEN;LUCIANO GERALD A. |
分类号 |
G21C19/00 |
主分类号 |
G21C19/00 |
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