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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Eric M. Weisel, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Kenneth V. Margotta, Ellington, CT (US);
Daniel Walus, Amherst, MA (US);
Thomas J. Schildkamp, Jeannette, PA (US);
Joseph J. Hahn, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael D. Heibel, Harrison City, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A telescoping guide for extraction and reinsertion support handling of in-core instrument thimble assemblies in the area above the upper support plate in the upper internals of a pressurized water reactor. The telescoping guides extend between the upper ends of the upper internals support columns and an axially movable instrumentation grid assembly which is operable to simultaneously raise the telescoping guides and extract the in-core instrument thimble assemblies from the reactor fuel assemblies.