Core access system for nuclear reactor

Details Core access system for nuclear reactor Core access system for nuclear reactor

1975-09-29

1977-12-13

Bentley, Stephen C.

176 27, 214 18N, G21C 1920, G21C 1900, B66C 1708

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040627233

ABSTRACT:
Improved nuclear reactor arrangement to facilitate both through the head instrumentation and insertion and removal of assemblies from the nuclear core. The arrangement is of the type including a reactor vessel head comprising a large rotatable cover having a plurality of circular openings therethrough, a plurality of upwardly extending nozzles mounted on the upper surface of a large cover, and a plurality of upwardly extending skirts mounted on a large cover about the periphery or boundary of the circular openings; a plurality of small plugs for each of the openings in the large cover, the plugs also having nozzles mounted on the upper surface thereof, and drive mechanisms mounted on top of some of the nozzles and having means extending therethrough into the reactor vessel, the drive mechanisms and nozzles extending above the elevation of the upwardly extending skirts. The improvement in the above type of arrangement comprises a skirt extension and refueling plug for each of the holes of the large rotatable cover for providing access to the nuclear core over each of the assemblies therein. The extension skirt is mountable in sealing relationship to the upwardly extending skirts when the small plugs are removed from the holes in the large rotatable cover, the upwardly extending extension skirt extending upwardly above the elevation of the nozzles on a large rotatable cover when the drive mechanisms have been removed therefrom. The extension skirt includes a laterally extending lip which overlies and is positioned above some of the nozzles in close proximity with the upwardly extending skirt and which supports bearing means for rotatably supporting the refueling plugs for rotation within a circular opening defined within the upwardly extending skirt. The refueling plug includes an opening therethrough through which the assemblies from in the nuclear core may pass. The opening in the refueling plug is such as to provide access over each of the assemblies of the nuclear core upon rotation of the refueling plug and a large rotatable cover.

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