Arrangement for transferring fuel rods from a first receptacle to a second receptacle

US5011651A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Wiederaufarbeitung von Kernbrennstoffen mbH · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Hardt · Hannover, DE
• Hakan Sterner · Hannover, DE
• Gerhard Wetzka · Veitshöchheim, DE
• Burkart Schulte · Minden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 1989
• Grant date: Apr 30, 1991
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E30/30
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to an arrangement for transferring irradiated f rods from a trough-shaped receptacle into a canister intended for terminal storage. The canister is docked at a pass-through opening formed in a partition wall of a nuclear facility. The arrangement includes a trough-shaped insert which is movable out of the terminal storage canister while empty and through the pass-through opening into the trough-shaped receptacle whereat it is filled with the irradiated fuel rods and then returned back through the opening and into the terminal storage canister. In this way, and with little effort, a transfer of fuel rods is achieved without components disposed between the receptacle and canister becoming contaminated by radioactive particles.