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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helfrid Lahr, Wedemark, DE;
Bernd Pontani, Alzenau, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376261 ; 100218 ; 376272 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for handling a fuel element skeleton of an irradiated nuclear reactor fuel element from which the fuel rods have been removed. The fuel element skeleton is placed horizontally in a compacting shaft of a ram-type press in order to obtain a simple and reliable compaction of the skeleton. After the compacting shaft is closed, the fuel element skeleton is compacted against a press base. The compacted fuel element skeleton is pushed out of the compacting shaft and into a transportable transfer shaft. The loaded transfer shaft is removed from the ram-type press and transported away to a transfer loading location.