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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:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yves Bergamaschi, Aix en Provence, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Engergie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376233 ; 376336 ;
Abstract
The device makes it possible to automatically disconnect an absorber fuel rod cluster (6) from its control rod (5) when the pressure and/or temperature within the vessel of the reactor have dropped below a certain value. Use is mainly made of a thermal module (35) located between the attachment head (37) and the locking member (32) in order to form a mobile assembly optionally completed by a barometric module placed beneath the locking member (32). Application to pressurized water nuclear reactors.