Platform and platform system for nuclear power plant
AssigneeFramatome
InventorsLionel Le Gall, Jérémy Reis, Christophe Jankowiak, Jaâfar Majd
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Abstract
A platform for a nuclear power plant is configured to span a pool (4) of a nuclear power plant by being movable along two parallel rails (6) arranged on either side of the pool (4). The platform comprises at least one platform module (16) having a module floor (18) defining at least part of a platform floor (14) and two guide assemblies (20) for mating with rails (6) to guide the platform along said rails (6). Each platform module is expandable to vary the spacing between the two guide assemblies (20) of the platform module (16), the two guide assemblies (20) being close together in a storage configuration and far apart in a service configuration.
Claims18
A platform configured to span a pool of a nuclear power plant with being movable along two parallel rails disposed on either side of the pool, the platform having a platform floor for operator traffic and/or equipment storage, the platform comprising:
- at least two platform modules, each platform module having a module floor defining at least a portion of the platform floor and two guide assemblies, each guide assembly being configured to mate with a respective one of said two parallel rails for guiding the platform along said two parallel rails, each platform module being extendable so as to vary a spacing between the two guide assemblies of the platform module, each platform module being configured so the two guide assemblies are moved towards each other in a storage configuration and away from each other in a service configuration,
- wherein the platform modules are separable from each other and are configured to be transported together in a freight container in a transport state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.