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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
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:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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); G21G 1/02 (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); G21G 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of removing an irradiated capsule from inside of a burnable absorber rodlet. The capsule can contain produced Co-60. The method includes inducing an electromagnetic flux into the capsule to magnetically lock the capsule with a capsule removal module. While locked, the capsule can be relatively moved along a longitudinal axis of the rodlet to remove the capsule from the rodlet.