Foster-Miller, Inc.

Augustus J Ashton, Iii

Steven K Ruggieri

Alan Brightman

Daniel L Fischbach

J Timothy Lovett

Steven Jens

Stephen C Jens

Timothy J Lovett

An upper bundle steam generator cleaning, inspection, and repair system includes a deployment and support device receivable within the steam generator configured to raise and position a distal end of said device to the upper bundle region of the steam generator, a head subsystem connected to the distal end of the deployment and support device for at least one of cleaning, inspection, and repair of said upper bundle region, and a lateral support subsystem deployable to support said head subsystem within the upper bundle region of the steam generator and retractable to deploy said head subsystem up to the upper bundle region and to withdraw said head subsystem therefrom.

Upper bundle steam generator cleaning, inspection, and repair system

An upper bundle steam generator cleaning, inspection, and repair system including a deployment support device receivable within the steam generator to raise a cleaning device, an inspection device, and/or a tool up to the upper bundles of the steam generator.

Upper bundle steam generator cleaning system and method

A deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device, the deployment system including an elongated body feedable through an access in a steam generator shell proximate the tube sheet of the steam generator, the elongated body flexible in one configuration to bend into a position for extension up through flow slots in support plates of the interior of the steam generator, and rigid in another configuration for positioning and supporting cleaning/inspection devices up through the steam generator proximate the upper tube bundles of the steam generator; and a drive device for driving the elongated body up through the support plates and for retracting the elongated body back down through the support plates.

Deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device

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Westboro, MA, United States of America

Augustus J Ashton, Iii