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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a control rod holding unit for releasably holding a control rod which is loaded in a reactor vessel , and fuel support/control rod guide tube holding unit for releasably holding a fuel support which supports a bottom end of a fuel assembly and a control rod guide tube on which the fuel support is placed at top end. The control rod holding unit and the fuel support/control rod guide tube holding unit are fitted to a main body frame which can be hoisted down inside the reactor vessel . Accordingly, there can be provided a reactor-internal equipment handling apparatus and method which are capable of reducing a term of work which is required for operations to load/unload the control rods, the fuel supports, and the control rod guide tubes.