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Rail apparatus around nuclear reactor pressure vessel and method of installing the same

CA 1189641 A · Owner: Hitachi Engineering Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Kimura, Hiroshi; Naruse, Akisuke; Takaku, Kazuo

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A rail apparatus for running an automatic ultrasonic flaw detector around a reactor pressure vessel for detecting any flaw in the weld beads on the reactor pressure vessel. At least two circumferential rails and vertical rails are connected through turn tables at their crossing points to form a rail unit The rail unit has vertical rails extending upward from the uppermost circumferential rail. The vertical rails are secured to a gamma shield, so that the rail unit as a whole is suspended from the gamma shield by means of these vertical rails. the rail unit is provided with swing prevention devices for preventing swing thereof. In installation of the rail apparatus the rail unit is, …

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  • Granted June 25, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 25, 2002.
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FiledOctober 20, 1982
GrantedJune 25, 1985
Term endedJune 25, 2002
Patent numberCA 1189641 A
Classification (IPC)G21C17/00 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedOct 20, 1982Patent grantedJune 25, 1985Term endedJune 25, 2002

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