Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Heat exchanger or boiler making
Patent
1999-01-05
2000-10-31
Cuda, Irene
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Heat exchanger or boiler making
29890051, 2940201, B23P 1500
Patent
active
061383538
ABSTRACT:
A method of repairing a crack in a boiling water reactor shroud includes forming a pair of slots in the shroud on opposite sides of the crack in angled relation to one another so that the lateral spacing between the slots increases in a direction parallel to the crack, lowering a wedge clamp with laterally spaced slides into the annular space between the core shroud and the reactor vessel, positioning the slides in the slots, and moving the clamp in the direction of increasing lateral spacing between the slots to an operational position where the clamp prevents unacceptable opening of the crack during reactor operation by providing a structural load path which transmits structural loads across the crack. The slots are preferably configured to mate cooperatively in a manner which prevents the clamp from moving in a radially outward direction relative to the shroud once the clamp has been installed. The clamp can also be provided with locking members such as screws which extend from the clamp in a direction opposite the direction of increasing lateral slot spacing to hold the clamp in place by contacting walls of the slots.
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Sylvester William E.
Weems Sterling J.
Cuda Irene
MPR Associates, Inc.
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