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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
May. 23, 1988
Henning Baatz, Essen, DE;
Dieter Methling, Hattingen, DE;
GNS Gesellschaft Fur Nuklear-Service MBH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
The apparatus for transferring at least one radioactive object from a first into a second container comprises a lifting tool with which the radioactive object is lifted from the first container and is lowered into the second container, a container-receiving member on which the first and second containers stand spaced from each other, a movable transfer slide provided with at least two container-cover cavities for receiving and securing first and second covers sealing respective containers and a transfer cover and the other container cover and a transfer receptacle in which the lifting tool is positionable which is combined with the movable transfer cover, is positionable over a hole provided in the movable transfer slide and is accessible from below. A method of operating this apparatus for transfer of a radioactive object is provided which does not require a special hot cell or room.