GB1148154A - Refuelling apparatus for a nuclear reactor - Google Patents

Refuelling apparatus for a nuclear reactor

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Publication number
GB1148154A
GB1148154A GB813/68A GB81368A GB1148154A GB 1148154 A GB1148154 A GB 1148154A GB 813/68 A GB813/68 A GB 813/68A GB 81368 A GB81368 A GB 81368A GB 1148154 A GB1148154 A GB 1148154A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
carriage
tube
ramp
fuel assembly
station
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GB813/68A
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Etienne Benoist
Gilbert Michot
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique CEA
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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
    • G21C19/18—Apparatus for bringing fuel elements to the reactor charge area, e.g. from a storage place
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C15/00—Cooling arrangements within the pressure vessel containing the core; Selection of specific coolants
    • 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
    • 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
    • G21C19/32—Apparatus for removing radioactive objects or materials from the reactor discharge area, e.g. to a storage place; Apparatus for handling radioactive objects or materials within a storage place or removing them therefrom
    • 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)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Carriers, Traveling Bodies, And Overhead Traveling Cranes (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)

Abstract

1,148,154. Fuelling reactors. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. 5 Jan., 1968 [26 Jan., 1967], No. 813/68. Heading G6C. Fuelling apparatus for a fast reactor comprising a core 20 in a primary vessel 10 filled with molten sodium 12, includes a ramp B extending from a fuelling station 22 to a shielded lock chamber A receiving a switching tube 46 pivotally mounted at its upper end. The tube 46 may be moved from the Fig. 1 position in which it is aligned with the ramp B to an alternative position in which it is aligned with a ramp B<SP>1</SP> leading to a recovery station C. A carriage (Fig. 4, not shown) for receiving a fuel assembly is movable along the ramps B, B<SP>1</SP> and tube 46 by a hoist (Fig. 6, not shown) disposed in an enclosure 80. A jack in the enclosure 80 imparts a small axial motion to the tube 46 so that it may be coupled to or uncoupled from the ends of the ramps B, B<SP>1</SP> when it is pivoted about its upper end by means of a traverser 54 movable along rails 56. In operation, the fuel assembly carriage is lowered down ramp B<SP>1</SP> into the recovery station and a new fuel assembly is lowered through a valve 42 into the carriage, the latter then being raised into the tube 46. The tube 46 is aligned with ramp B and the carriage is lowered into fuelling station 22. A rotary arm 18 mounted in a rotary plug 16 removes the fuel assembly from the carriage and places the assembly in the core 20. A spent fuel assembly which has been previously removed from the core by the arm 18 and left to cool off in a store in the vessel 10 is now placed by the arm in the carriage and the latter is returned to the station C.
GB813/68A 1967-01-26 1968-01-05 Refuelling apparatus for a nuclear reactor Expired GB1148154A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR92671A FR1525102A (en) 1967-01-26 1967-01-26 Fuel loading and unloading device for nuclear reactor

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GB1148154A true GB1148154A (en) 1969-04-10

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BE (1) BE708628A (en)
CH (1) CH485298A (en)
ES (1) ES349785A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1525102A (en)
GB (1) GB1148154A (en)
LU (1) LU55312A1 (en)

Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2147137A (en) * 1983-09-23 1985-05-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fuel transfer system upender using translation drive
CN113593737A (en) * 2021-07-14 2021-11-02 中国科学院上海应用物理研究所 Automatic discharging device

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FR2188251B1 (en) * 1972-06-08 1976-01-16 Commissariat A En Atomique Fr
GB1528272A (en) * 1976-01-07 1978-10-11 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactors
US4069099A (en) * 1976-02-23 1978-01-17 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear reactor fuel transfer system
FR2410340A1 (en) * 1977-11-29 1979-06-22 Commissariat Energie Atomique CLOSING DEVICE FOR AN ASSEMBLY HANDLING POT
FR2486297A1 (en) * 1980-07-01 1982-01-08 Novatome DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING COMBUSTIBLE ASSEMBLIES FOR FAST NEUTRON NUCLEAR REACTOR
FR2488719B1 (en) * 1980-08-14 1985-10-04 Commissariat Energie Atomique INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR HANDLING FAST NEUTRAL NUCLEAR REACTOR ASSEMBLIES
RU2449390C1 (en) * 2011-05-17 2012-04-27 Открытое акционерное общество "Российский концерн по производству электрической и тепловой энергии на атомных станциях" (ОАО "Концерн "Росэнергоатом") Track of process channel of nuclear uranium-graphite reactor

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2147137A (en) * 1983-09-23 1985-05-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fuel transfer system upender using translation drive
US4717531A (en) * 1983-09-23 1988-01-05 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Fuel transfer system upender using translation drive
CN113593737A (en) * 2021-07-14 2021-11-02 中国科学院上海应用物理研究所 Automatic discharging device
CN113593737B (en) * 2021-07-14 2024-03-08 中国科学院上海应用物理研究所 Automatic discharging device

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CH485298A (en) 1970-01-31
LU55312A1 (en) 1968-03-30
BE708628A (en) 1968-05-02
FR1525102A (en) 1968-05-17
ES349785A1 (en) 1969-11-01

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