Apparatus for shearing irradiated fuel assemblies
US4566361A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/9478
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for shearing irradiated fuel assemblies, wherein a counterblade is mounted on a counterblade carriage, which normally bears against a detachable member, the counterblade carriage, a side-clamping carriage and a blade holder carriage being arranged on rails disposed in a direction perpendicular to the counterblade, a confinement cell communicating with an intervention cell by a passage normally sealed by a cover, the rails being extended in said intervention cell by said passage, whose dimensions make it possible for the carriages to travel in the intervention cell when the detachable member and the cover are removed.
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