Apparatus for sampling a section of tube in a nuclear fuel assembly
US4773799A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 3, 1987 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T409/307616
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
For sampling a section of a tube in a nuclear fuel assembly comprising a skeleton formed by two end-pieces joined by tubes fixed to the end-pieces an opening for the extraction of the section through the upper end-piece is cut out with a milling cutter. Through the inside and by means of a cutting tool, the spacer tube is cut off at a level beneath the junction with the upper end-piece by means of a rotary tool introduced through the upper end-piece and the latter is extracted through the opening.
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