Defective fuel bundle location system
AssigneeBWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
InventorThomas G. Onderwater
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Abstract
A defective fuel bundle location system for use with a heavy water moderated nuclear fission reactor having a fueling machine, including a test tool defining an internal volume, the test tool being configured to be received within both the fueling machine and a corresponding fuel channel of the reactor, and a test container defining an internal volume, wherein the test container is configured to be received within the internal volume of the test tool and the internal volume of the test container is configured to receive primary fluid from the reactor when the test tool is disposed within the corresponding fuel channel of the reactor.
Claims14
A defective fuel bundle location system for use with a heavy water moderated nuclear fission reactor having a fueling machine, comprising:
- a test tool defining an internal volume, the test tool being configured to be received entirely within both the fueling machine and a corresponding fuel channel of the reactor;
- and a test container defining an internal volume, wherein the test container is configured to be received within the internal volume of the test tool and the internal volume of the test container is configured to receive primary fluid from the reactor when the test tool is disposed within the corresponding fuel channel of the reactor,
- wherein the fueling machine further comprises a ram configured to activate the test container so that primary fluid is received in the internal volume of the test container.
A defective fuel bundle location system for use with a heavy water moderated nuclear fission reactor, comprising:
- a fueling machine including a charge machine with a ram;
- a test tool defining an internal volume, the test tool being configured to be received within both the charge machine of the fueling machine and a corresponding fuel channel of the reactor;
- and
- a test container defining an internal volume, wherein the test container is configured to be received within the internal volume of the test tool and the internal volume of the test container is configured to receive primary fluid from the reactor when the test tool is disposed within the corresponding fuel channel of the reactor,
- wherein the ram is configured to activate the test container so that primary fluid is received in the internal volume of the test container.
A defective fuel bundle location system for use with a heavy water moderated nuclear fission reactor, comprising:
- a test tool defining an internal volume, the test tool being configured to be received within both the fueling machine and a corresponding fuel channel of the reactor;
- and
- a test container defining an internal volume, the test container being configured to be received within the internal volume of the test tool and the internal volume of the test container is configured to receive primary fluid from the reactor when the test tool is disposed within the corresponding fuel channel of the reactor,
- wherein the test container further comprises one of a bellows and a piston configured to draw primary coolant into the internal volume of the test container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.