Method and apparatus for dismantling and disposing of fuel assemblies
CA 1193767 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Meuschke, Robert E.; Schulties, Joseph R.
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Method and apparatus for dismantling shearing, and compacting a fuel assembly frame skeleton. A frame is provided which can be placed into the transfer canal of a fuel-handling building for severing a bottom nozzle from the thimble tubes and grids of the frame skeleton compact-, ing the remainder of the skeleton and then further sever-, ing the thimble tubes and grids into shorter longitudinal lengths, and placing the shortened compacted severed pieces into a container for off-site shipment or on-site storage.
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- Granted September 17, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 17, 2002.
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