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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Bwxt Mpower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey T. Lee, Forest, VA (US);

Earl B. Barger, Goode, VA (US);

Assignee:

BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/00 (2006.01); G21C 19/02 (2006.01); G21C 3/334 (2006.01); G21C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/02 (2013.01); G21C 3/048 (2019.01); G21C 3/334 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pellet magazine includes a plurality of pellet bores sized to receive pellets for loading into a fuel rod. A fuel rod loading system includes a plurality of pellet loading stations each designated to load a single pellet type into one or more pellet bores of the pellet magazine, a rod loading station configured to unload pellets from the pellet bores of the pellet magazine into a fuel rod, and a conveyance system configured to transport the pellet magazine to the loading stations and then to the rod loading station in a defined sequence.


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Lee, Jeffrey. (2020). Pellet handling apparatus and fuel rod loading method (U.S. Patent No. 10720252). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10720252

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