Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

Bernard Gilligan, Iii

Clinton W Stallard, Iii

Richard K Feamster, Jr

James E Steinke

A dry transfer system for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) assemblies includes a transfer container with a sliding sleeve for vertical translation therein. The sliding sleeve includes a number of compartments for receiving a corresponding number of fuel assemblies. The container includes an integral and remotely controllable hoist with a number of individually actuated grapples for latching onto a corresponding number of fuel assemblies. The system further includes a loading stand with an elevator for raising and lowering a fuel basket that also includes a number of compartments for moving fuel assemblies up to and in alignment with the sleeve of the transfer container that is landed on the loading stand.

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Norfolk, VA, United States of America

Bernard Gilligan, Iii