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Patent No.:

US 11817223 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2021

Device for magnetically removing a capsule containing co-60 from a burnable absorber rodlet

Applicant:

Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);

Inventors:

Michael D. Heibel, Broomfield, CO (US);

Cory Hildebrand, Mount Pleasant, PA (US);

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);

Attorney:

K&L Gates LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jack W Keith

Assistant Examiner:

Daniel Wasil

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/32 (2006.01); G21C 7/04 (2006.01); G21C 19/19 (2006.01); G21C 3/326 (2006.01); G21C 19/02 (2006.01); G21C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/32 (2013.01); G21C 7/04 (2013.01); G21C 19/19 (2013.01); G21C 3/326 (2013.01); G21C 19/02 (2013.01); G21C 23/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for removing irradiated capsules containing produced Co-60 from a plurality of burnable absorber rodlets. The apparatus comprises a solenoid that induces an electromagnetic flux into a Co-60 capsule and magnetically locks the Co-60 capsule in parallel with the apparatus. The apparatus is slideable along a longitudinal axis of the burnable absorber rodlet and causes the Co-60 capsule to overcome holding forces exerted on it.

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Heibel, Michael. (2023). Device for magnetically removing a capsule containing co-60 from a burnable absorber rodlet (U.S. Patent No. 11817223). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11817223

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