Areva Nc

Serge Fantini

Jean-Luc Allard

Hervé Medina

Patrick Vasseur

A spring mounting device in a cladding tube for nuclear fuel, comprising a spring distributor, a spring loader in the cladding tube, the distributor supplying the springs to the loader, said loader comprising a longitudinal slide to receive the spring, a pusher in order to set the spring into place in the cladding tube and is able to move in the slide, means of displacement of said pusher, said device comprising mechanical means in order to associate the actuation of the means of displacement with that of the spring distributor.

Spring mounting device for nuclear fuel rod

A cask for loading at least one nuclear fuel assembly in a transport container, including a body with a longitudinal axis (X) capable of sealably covering an upper end of a container, at least one aperture () for letting through a fuel assembly, at least one means for connecting to pneumatic confinement means and at least one means () capable of maintaining a means () for sealing a chamber of the container inside the cask and at a distance from an entrance of said chamber during loading, wherein the maintaining means () includes a first arm () rotationally mobile around a first axis and a second arm () attached to the first arm () and rotationally mobile relatively to the first arm, said cask also including external means for controlling the arms (), and wherein the second arm () includes a housing () for receiving the sealing means.

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Saint Genies de Comolas, France

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