Fuel assembly structural reinforcement and method
AssigneeFramatome ANP GmbH
InventorDarel Ray Clark
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Abstract
The invention comprises an apparatus to repair a fuel assembly to accomplish a load lift comprising a main body, an upper section, a connection configured between the main body and the upper section and a lower section connected to the main body. The invention also comprises an inner adjusting body with a top and a bottom wherein a mandrel is connected to the bottom, the mandrel configured to actuate a holding body upon actuation of the inner adjusting body, the inner adjusting body positioned inside the upper section, the main body and the lower section and an actuator connected to the upper section, the actuator configured to actuate the inner adjusting body.
Claims3
A method of repairing a fuel assembly to accomplish a load lift comprising:
- machining a hole through a grillage of a top nozzle of the fuel assembly to access an instrument tube;
- inserting a fuel assembly structural reinforcement into the hole to a bottom nozzle of the fuel assembly;
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- actuating the reinforcement to provide a secondary load path, wherein the actuating is by rotating the actuator at the top of the reinforcement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.