Method and device for cutting a bundle of tubes containing nuclear fuels
CA 1072001 A · Owner: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique · Inventors: Guilloteau, Rene; Tucoulat, Daniel; Chaze, Gilbert
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This invention relates to a method and device for cutting a bundle of irradiated nuclear fuel tubes so as to cut the fuel into pieces of a suitable length for subsequent operation. According to the invention the fuel tubes are moved from the storage pond by manipulating means to the store of the cutting machine. Means is provided for detecting the position of the bottom end of the bundle with respect to a cutting section in the cutter by means of a movable reference plate so as to enable the bundle to be moved to an operative position in which the first cut can be made in the immediate neighbourhood of the base spigot. The arrangement also includes means for moving the bundle forwards while …
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- Granted February 19, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 19, 1997.
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