Nuclear fuel rod accumulation machine

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1991-09-05

1993-04-20

Walsh, Donald P.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Handling of fission reactor component structure within...

Fuel component

53154, G21C 2100

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052040526

ABSTRACT:
To mechanize the accumulation of nuclear fuel rods into fuel bundle groups, fuel rods are uploaded onto an input table from a succession of trays containing fuel rods of different rod types. The serial number of each fuel rod is read during procession across the input table to an output queue. An input elevator uniformly distributes fuel rods from the output queue to plural levels of an accumulation rack until each level contains an identical number of fuel rods of each rod type necessary to completely assemble one fuel bundle. An output elevator then empties the accumulation rack, one level at a time, to an output table, from which the fuel rods from each level are downloaded into separate bundle trays.

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