Apparatus for defuelling a nuclear reactor
CA 1319765 C · Owner: Henry, Patrick Thomas · Inventors: Henry, Patrick Thomas; Cashen, William Stephen
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Case 2989, APPARATUS FOR DEFUELLING A NUCLEAR REACTOR ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, A defuelling arrangement for removing fuel bundles from the upstream end of a nuclear reactor has, a defuelling machine at the upstream end with an arm that can be positioned in axial alignment with a fuel channel in the reactor which has fuel bundles to be removed. The arm is capable of axial movement. A fuel grapple is positioned in alignment with the arm and has at one end a plurality of fingers for grappling a fuel bundle and at the other end a mushroom shaped spigot. The arm has mounted on the end a defuelling ram head which has at least two ram head latches mounted for pivotal movement in a plane at …
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- Granted June 29, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 29, 2010.
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