Cell-size inspection device for nuclear fuel assembly

Details Cell-size inspection device for nuclear fuel assembly Cell-size inspection device for nuclear fuel assembly

1992-10-16

1993-11-23

Walsh, Donald P.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Testing, sensing, measuring, or detecting a fission reactor...

376462, G21C 1700

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052651304

ABSTRACT:
In the nuclear fuel assembly, a plurality of plate-shaped straps are assembled perpendicularly to each other into a grid shape so as to construct a supporting grid providing with a plurality of cells each of which inserts a nuclear fuel rod. A cell-size inspection device which inspects the size of each cell of the supporting grid is constructed by a base, a movable plate, a plurality of pin gauges and a sensor. The supporting grid is mounted on the base, while the movable plate is provided such that it can relatively move with respect to the base in a longitudinal direction of the cells. The pin gauges are provided on the movable plate such that they can freely slide along the longitudinal direction of the cells. When the movable plate is moved toward the supporting grid, each of the pin gauges is to be inserted into each of the cells. The sensor senses whether the pin gauge is relatively moved from the predetermined position of the movable plate. By simply inserting the pin gauge into the cell, it is possible to inspect the cell size with respect to a plenty of cells provided in the supporting grid. Thus, it is possible to inspect all of the cells in an extremely short time, which remarkably reduces the time and cost required for performing the inspection process on the nuclear fuel assembly.

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