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US 5,291,532 AGranted
Fuel transfer system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsHarold E. Townsend, Giancarlo Barbanti
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsHarold E. Townsend, Giancarlo Barbanti
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A nuclear fuel bundle fuel transfer system includes a transfer pool containing water at a level above a reactor core. A fuel transfer machine therein includes a carriage disposed in the transfer pool and under the water for transporting fuel bundles. The carriage is selectively movable through the water in the transfer pool and individual fuel bundles are carried vertically in the carriage. In a preferred embodiment, a first movable bridge is disposed over an upper pool containing the reactor core, and a second movable bridge is disposed over a fuel storage pool, with the transfer pool being disposed therebetween. A fuel bundle may be moved by the first bridge from the reactor core and loaded into the carriage which transports the fuel bundle to the second bridge which picks up the fuel bundle and carries it to the fuel storage pool.
A system to transfer a nuclear fuel bundle from and to a reactor core comprising:
A system for transferring nuclear fuel bundles from and to a reactor core comprising:
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