Nuclear fuel pellet loading method and machine for same
US6639961B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S294/906
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automated machine for loading nuclear reactor fuel, BP, or APSR pellets from small trays having rows of pellets into reactor rods of long length wherein the pellets are individually counted and loaded into rows of a loading tray according to the desired number of pellets per row and total number of pellets per tray with the loading tray controls being moved to a que tray where they may be weighted and there from to an unloading tray for sequential row loading into the reactor rod.
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