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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Paul Everett Cantonwine, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrew K. Langston, Wilmington, NC (US);
Charles B. Patterson, Jr., Wilmington, NC (US);
Johnny R. Skipper, Leland, NC (US);
Alexander Michael Hay, Endicott, NY (US);
Carlton Wayne Clark, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Grey Smith, Leland, NC (US);
Paul Everett Cantonwine, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrew K. Langston, Wilmington, NC (US);
Charles B. Patterson, Jr., Wilmington, NC (US);
Johnny R. Skipper, Leland, NC (US);
Alexander Michael Hay, Endicott, NY (US);
Carlton Wayne Clark, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Grey Smith, Leland, NC (US);
Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A method to confine a nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly including: inserting a lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly into an open end of a lower fuel particle barrier; supporting the lower portion of the fuel bundle with the lower fuel particle barrier; grasping the lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly with the lower fuel particle barrier; lowering an upper fuel particle barrier over an upper tie plate of the fuel bundle assembly; moving at least a portion of a handle fixed to the upper tie plate through an open slot in the upper fuel particle barrier; closing the open slot with a closure device after the handle passes through the slot, and preventing fuel particles being released from the nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly by the upper and lower fuel particle barriers.