Patent · US Expired

Reactor fuel assembly lock transport

US4044898A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hans-Peter Schabert
Horst Porner · Erlangen, DE
Artur Bauer

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 1975
Grant date	Aug 30, 1977
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 1995

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To transport fuel assemblies through a lock leading into a reactor containment, reciprocatory rods are used which releasably engage a sliding carriage carrying the fuel assemblies, at longitudinally interspaced points. This eliminates special transport equipment in the vicinity of the lock. The invention is of interest particularly for pressurized-water reactor installations.

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