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.
Claims25
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 comprising a plurality of interconnected beams;
- a support structure attached to said frame;
- a floor attached to a top of said frame, said floor comprising a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel;
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- at least one auxiliary platform movably coupled to said frame and extending into said access opening, said at least one auxiliary platform movable along a perimeter of said access opening of said floor.
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 comprising a plurality of interconnected beams;
- a support structure attached to said frame;
- a floor attached to a top of said frame, said floor comprising a reactor access opening sized to permit access to said reactor pressure vessel;
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- at least one auxiliary platform movably coupled to said frame and extending into said access opening, said at least one auxiliary platform movable along a perimeter of said access opening of said floor.
A modular reactor servicing platform for a nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactor comprising a reactor pressure vessel positioned in a primary containment, the primary containment comprising a refueling floor, said servicing platform comprising:
- a frame comprising a plurality of interconnected beams;
- a support structure attached to said frame;
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- a floor attached to and covering said frame, said floor comprising a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel;
- said frame, support structure, and floor arranged as a plurality of modular sections that when coupled together form said modular reactor servicing platform, each said modular section comprising at least one of a portion of the frame, a portion of the support structure, and a portion of the floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.