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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gilles Aubert, Orsay, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 30 ;
Abstract
Refuelling of a nuclear reactor and especially a PWR is carried out in the steps which consist in removing and storing the reactor closure head, in moving the control rods from a bottom position to the top position and securing the rods to the upper internal structure, in removing and storing the assembly constituted by the upper internal structure and the control rods, in replacing the spent fuel and in re-positioning the upper internal structure and the closure head.