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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Bwxt Mpower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Earl Brian Barger, Goode, VA (US);
Jeffrey T. Lee, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 21/02 (2006.01); G21C 3/04 (2006.01); G21C 3/334 (2006.01); G21C 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 21/02 (2013.01); G21C 3/048 (2019.01); G21C 3/334 (2013.01); G21C 19/02 (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.