Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Channel confinement method for dry-storage of BWR fuel bundles
- Patent Title (中): BWR燃料束干燥储存通道封闭方法
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Application No.: US13340079Application Date: 2011-12-29
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Publication No.: US08385497B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Paul Everett Cantonwine , Andrew K. Langston , Charles B. Patterson, Jr. , Johnny R. Skipper , Alexander Michael Hay , Carlton Wayne Clark , David Grey Smith
- Applicant: Paul Everett Cantonwine , Andrew K. Langston , Charles B. Patterson, Jr. , Johnny R. Skipper , Alexander Michael Hay , Carlton Wayne Clark , David Grey Smith
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC
- Current Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G21C19/42
- IPC: G21C19/42 ; G21C19/00 ; G21C15/00 ; G21C9/00 ; G21F5/00 ; B01D29/00
Abstract:
A method to confine a nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly including: inserting a lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly into an open end of a lower fuel particle barrier; supporting the lower portion of the fuel bundle with the lower fuel particle barrier; grasping the lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly with the lower fuel particle barrier; lowering an upper fuel particle barrier over an upper tie plate of the fuel bundle assembly; moving at least a portion of a handle fixed to the upper tie plate through an open slot in the upper fuel particle barrier; closing the open slot with a closure device after the handle passes through the slot, and preventing fuel particles being released from the nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly by the upper and lower fuel particle barriers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120093274A1 CHANNEL CONFINEMENT METHOD FOR DRY-STORAGE OF BWR FUEL BUNDLES Public/Granted day:2012-04-19
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