Method for loading a container with rods of nuclear reactor fuel assemblies containing nuclear fuel or neutron absorber material, and device for performing the method
US4635427A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for loading a container with rods of nuclear reactor fuel assemblies having mutually parallel longitudinal axes and containing nuclear fuel or neutron absorption material, which includes the steps of loading the container initially with dummies corresponding to the rods in a given dense packing arrangement, and thereafter inserting the rods in axial direction thereof into the given dense packing arrangement so as to replace the dummies; and a device for carrying out the method.
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