Reactor servicing platform
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDennis Colditz, Vernon Walter Pence, Terry L. Chapman, Michael Jamie Baron, Robert David Geier
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Abstract
A reactor servicing platform for a nuclear reactor is provided. The nuclear reactor includes a reactor pressure vessel positioned in a primary containment and at least one refuel bridge. The primary containment includes a refueling floor. The servicing platform, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a frame, a support structure, and a floor covering the frame. The floor includes a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel.
Claims33
A reactor servicing platform for a nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactor comprising a reactor pressure vessel positioned in a primary containment and at least one refuel bridge, the primary containment comprising a refueling floor, said servicing platform comprising:
- a frame;
- a support structure;
- a floor covering said frame, said floor comprising a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel.
A nuclear reactor comprising:
- a primary containment vessel;
- a reactor pressure vessel positioned in said primary containment vessel;
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- a reactor servicing platform comprising:
- a frame;
- a support structure;
- a floor covering said frame, said floor comprising a reactor access opening sized to permit access to said reactor pressure vessel.
A method of servicing a nuclear reactor during a reactor outage, the reactor comprising a primary containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel positioned in the primary containment vessel, said method comprising:
- positioning a servicing platform above the reactor pressure vessel, the servicing platform comprising a frame, a support structure, and a floor attached to the frame, the floor comprising a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel;
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- performing predetermined servicing operations on the reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.