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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Jean-luc Pandraud, Cavillargues, FR;
Herve Sanchis, Les Angles, FR;
Jean-Luc Pandraud, Cavillargues, FR;
Herve Sanchis, Les Angles, FR;
Areva NC, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Device to load a sintering boat with nuclear fuel pellets, comprising a loading chute () delimiting a travel pathway () for the pellets, the loading chute comprising an upper end () intended to receive pellets and a lower end () intended to lie close to a sintering boat, said loading chute () comprising gates () forming an obstacle in the pathway of the pellets so as to fractionate said pathway, said gates () able to be actuated alternately, and the lower end () of the loading chute being movable so that it can be drawn close to and away from a bottom part of the sintering boat. A further subject-matter of the present invention is a method to load a sintering boat with nuclear fuel pellets, using a device according to the present invention.