GB1009333A - Improvements relating to handling equipment for radioactive charges - Google Patents

Improvements relating to handling equipment for radioactive charges

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Publication number
GB1009333A
GB1009333A GB6061/61A GB606161A GB1009333A GB 1009333 A GB1009333 A GB 1009333A GB 6061/61 A GB6061/61 A GB 6061/61A GB 606161 A GB606161 A GB 606161A GB 1009333 A GB1009333 A GB 1009333A
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Prior art keywords
grab
shroud
axis
receptacle
fuel elements
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Expired
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GB6061/61A
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John Webb
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Priority to GB6061/61A priority Critical patent/GB1009333A/en
Priority to FR888356A priority patent/FR1315403A/en
Publication of GB1009333A publication Critical patent/GB1009333A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/16—Articulated or telescopic chutes or tubes for connection to channels in the reactor core
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
    • G21C19/105—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements with grasping or spreading coupling elements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Devices And Processes Conducted In The Presence Of Fluids And Solid Particles (AREA)

Abstract

1,009,333. Servicing reactors. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. Feb. 6, 1962 [Feb. 17, 1961], No. 6061/61. Heading G6C. Apparatus for removing fuel elements 12 contiguously packed in the liquid sodium coolant 11 of a fast reactor through an access hole 13 in shielding 14, comprises a removable plug 16 carrying a non-circular tube 15 supporting an open-topped receptacle 17, the arrangement being such that when the plug is lifted from the hole and displaced sideways the tube and receptacle may pass through the hole. Tubes 22, 24 rotatably and slidably supported in the plug 16 on an axis displaced from the axis of the receptacle 17 by an amount equal to the distance between adjacent fuel elements 12, carry, respectively, a shroud 23 and a grab 25. The shroud is connected to the tube 22 by brackets 29 and the grab is carried by an arm 26 so that the lifting axis of the grab is displaced from the axis of the tube 24 by an amount equal to the distance between adjacent fuel elements. A slot 28 in the tube 22 and shroud 23 permits vertical movement of the grab between the ends of the shroud. A nose 36 on a bottom plate 20 locates the apparatus in the top-filling 35 of one of the fuel elements and a nose 31 of the grab enters the top-fitting of the element to be extracted when the tubes 22, 24 are lowered so that the shroud and grab are positioned above the selected fuel element as shown in Fig. 2. The grab 25 is actuated by a shaft 27 through an arm 33 and cam bar 32 such that when the shaft is pulled the claw plates 30 are spread apart to engage beneath a recess 34 in the fitting 35. The grab is now lifted so that the element 12 is wholly within the shroud 23, the shroud preventing lifting of the adjacent fuel elements, and the grab and shroud are then lifted and rotated to bring them above the liquid sodium-filled receptacle 17 whereupon the element is deposited in the receptacle and the complete apparatus may be removed through the hole 13. In a modified apparatus (Fig. 4, not shown) the arm 26 is omitted and the grab operates on the axis of the shaft 27, the shroud 23 being concentric with this axis. The receptacle 17 is pivotally mounted about an axis displaced from the axis of the shaft 27 by an amount equal to the distance between adjacent fuel elements so that the receptacle may be aligned with the shroud or displaced therefrom to permit lowering of the grab.
GB6061/61A 1961-02-17 1961-02-17 Improvements relating to handling equipment for radioactive charges Expired GB1009333A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB6061/61A GB1009333A (en) 1961-02-17 1961-02-17 Improvements relating to handling equipment for radioactive charges
FR888356A FR1315403A (en) 1961-02-17 1962-02-16 Radioactive charge handling equipment

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GB6061/61A GB1009333A (en) 1961-02-17 1961-02-17 Improvements relating to handling equipment for radioactive charges

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2044712A1 (en) * 1969-04-03 1971-02-26 Euratom CHARGING DEVICE FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR
FR2658654A1 (en) * 1990-02-20 1991-08-23 Framatome Sa GRAPPLE FOR LIFTING AND MOVING AN OBJECT BETWEEN A POSITION IMMERSED IN A HOT LIQUID SUCH AS A METAL AND A POSITION EMERGED IN A GAS.

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2044712A1 (en) * 1969-04-03 1971-02-26 Euratom CHARGING DEVICE FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR
FR2658654A1 (en) * 1990-02-20 1991-08-23 Framatome Sa GRAPPLE FOR LIFTING AND MOVING AN OBJECT BETWEEN A POSITION IMMERSED IN A HOT LIQUID SUCH AS A METAL AND A POSITION EMERGED IN A GAS.
EP0443904A1 (en) * 1990-02-20 1991-08-28 Framatome Lifting and handling gripper for an object between a position immersed in a hot liquid, such as a metal, and a position surfaced in a gas

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