GB1136251A - Nuclear reactor fuel handling systems - Google Patents

Nuclear reactor fuel handling systems

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Publication number
GB1136251A
GB1136251A GB1224/65A GB122465A GB1136251A GB 1136251 A GB1136251 A GB 1136251A GB 1224/65 A GB1224/65 A GB 1224/65A GB 122465 A GB122465 A GB 122465A GB 1136251 A GB1136251 A GB 1136251A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
tube
magazine
flask
lid
plug
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB1224/65A
Inventor
John Cornelius Burton
Desmond John Walker
Eric Wallis
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English Electric Co Ltd
Original Assignee
English Electric Co Ltd
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Publication date
Application filed by English Electric Co Ltd filed Critical English Electric Co Ltd
Priority to GB1224/65A priority Critical patent/GB1136251A/en
Priority to FR43218A priority patent/FR1465775A/en
Publication of GB1136251A publication Critical patent/GB1136251A/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
    • G21C19/20—Arrangements for introducing objects into the pressure vessel; Arrangements for handling objects within the pressure vessel; Arrangements for removing objects from the pressure vessel
    • G21C19/22—Arrangements for obtaining access to the interior of a pressure vessel whilst the reactor is operating
    • G21C19/24—Arrangements for obtaining access to the interior of a pressure vessel whilst the reactor is operating by using an auxiliary vessel which is temporarily sealed to the pressure vessel
    • 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
    • G21C19/06—Magazines for holding fuel elements or control elements
    • G21C19/065—Rotatable magazines
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
    • G21F5/06—Details of, or accessories to, the containers
    • G21F5/065—Containers provided with a rotatable drum
    • 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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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)

Abstract

1,136,251. Shielded containers for radioactive material. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. 7 Jan., 1966 [11 Jan., 1965], No. 1224/65. Heading B4Q. [Also in Division G6] A reactor having a charge/discharge tube 60 extending though the pressure vessel to remote charging equipment within the vessel as disclosed in Specification 1,089,341, the tube including a valve 59 surrounded by shielding 58, is fuelled by connecting to the lower end of the tube a transportable flask 10 through an intermediate device 50. The flask 10 comprises a pressure vessel having cooling fins 11 and a lid 13 and encloses a magazine 15 having fuel storage tubes 16 arranged on three concentric circles. Each circle also has a larger tube (Fig. 3, not shown), for receiving a plug 32 normally closing an aperture 31 in the lid 13 giving access to that circle. The device 50, which is fitted to the lid after removal of a guard strap 35, comprises a plate 55 and a shielding member 51, the plate 55 carrying three sealing sleeves 53 engaging at their lower ends recesses 54 formed around the upper ends of the apertures 31. A sealing snout 57 connecting the selected sleeve 53 with the tube 60 is surrounded by a shielding member 70. The plate 55 also carries bevel gearing 76, 77, the gear 77 having a square-section spigot 84 making a driving connection with a hole 39 in the upper bearing trunnion 19 of, the magazine 15 whereby the magazine may be driven by a motor unit 80 (Fig. 5, not shown), fixed on the shielding member 51. In operation, after the whole assembly has been lifted towards the tube 60 to make a sealing connection by means of the snout 57, the gas pressure in the flask is made equal to that in the reactor and the plug 32 of the selected aperture 31 is removed by lowering a grab (not shown) down the tube 60 and placing the plug in the appropriate magazine tube. The fuel may now be transferred between storage tubes in the reactor pressure vessel and the flask by means of the grab and rotating the magazine 15 so that successive tubes 16 are aligned with the aperture 31. In a modified flask (Fig. 6, not shown), the magazine tubes receive storage bottles for irradiated fuel elements and a bottle capping head and periscope viewing device are provided.
GB1224/65A 1965-01-11 1965-01-11 Nuclear reactor fuel handling systems Expired GB1136251A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1224/65A GB1136251A (en) 1965-01-11 1965-01-11 Nuclear reactor fuel handling systems
FR43218A FR1465775A (en) 1965-01-11 1965-12-21 Handling device, in particular for a nuclear reactor

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1224/65A GB1136251A (en) 1965-01-11 1965-01-11 Nuclear reactor fuel handling systems

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GB1136251A true GB1136251A (en) 1968-12-11

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FR (1) FR1465775A (en)
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Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2113805B1 (en) * 1970-11-17 1976-03-19 Transnucleaire
NL7604220A (en) * 1976-04-21 1977-10-25 Leer Koninklijke Emballage HOLDER WITH OUTFLOW DUCT AND ONE-TIME CLOSURE.
FR2694122B1 (en) * 1992-07-24 1994-10-14 Framatome Sa Enclosure for transporting irradiated elements, installation for unloading this enclosure and method for transporting irradiated elements.
FR2990933B1 (en) * 2012-05-22 2014-07-04 Areva Nc INDEXED STORAGE DEVICE IN POSITION

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FR1465775A (en) 1967-01-13

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