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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Helfrid Lahr, Wedemark, DE;
Gerhard Betz, Alzenau, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to an apparatus for pulling a plurality of fuel ds out of a fuel element structure and has a gripping device which is capable of clamping the fuel rods. To reliably pull the fuel rods from an irradiated nuclear reactor fuel element, the apparatus includes an upper guide rod and a lower tension rod which lie horizontally and are arranged one above the other. The rods extend through a plurality of clamping plates in a direction perpendicular to the latter. The clamping plates are mounted so as to be parallel to each other and spacers are arranged between each two mutually adjacent ones of the clamping plates. The spacers are arranged on both rods with the width of the spacers on the lower rod beign slightly less than the diameter of a fuel rod. The clamping plates are pressable together by means of a tensioning device. The apparatus of the invention enables the gripping device to be placed on the fuel element in a simple manner.