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AssigneesSiemens Aktiengesellschaft, Reaktor-Brennelement Union GmbH
InventorsRoland Kuhnel, Frank Niedner, Ulrich Ristow, Friedrich Born, Walter Dassbach, Manfred Vogt
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Method for manipulating and/or storing a nuclear reactor fuel assembly including an elongated skeleton structure with fuel rods and a holding device, which includes placing neutron-absorbing material adjacent the fuel rods, fastening a supplemental body with a handle to the skeleton structure, engaging the neutron-absorbing material with the supplemental body, and fitting a coupling part of the holding device to the handle, and a fuel assembly produced according to the method.
Method for manipulating a nuclear reactor fuel assembly without a handle but including an elongated skeleton structure with fuel rods by means of a holding device which does not fit and cannot manipulate the fuel assembly, which comprises fastening a supplemental body with neutron-absorbing material and a handle to the skeleton structure, while placing the neutron-absorbing material adjacent the fuel rods to maintain undercriticality and fitting the handle to a coupling part of the holding device.
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