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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd., Daejeon, KR;
Ju Young Lee, Chungcheongnam-do, KR;
Chang Hwan Hwang, Daejeon, KR;
Hung Soon Chang, Daejoon, KR;
Soon Ki Guk, Daejeon, KR;
Yeon Doo Jung, Daejeon, KR;
Ui Jea Lee, Daejeon, KR;
KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD., Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a fuel rod auto-loading apparatus for a nuclear fuel assembly, which disposes fuel rods in a fuel rod case in a bundle to assemble the fuel rods into the nuclear fuel assembly. The fuel rod auto-loading apparatus includes a fuel rod storage unit having a plurality of stacked racks for fuel rods, a fuel rod loading unit raised/lowered to the racks and transferring the fuel rods, a feeding unit placing the fuel rods in rows and loading the fuel rods into the fuel rod case, a fuel rod unloading unit selectively unloading some of the fuel rods stored in the fuel rod storage unit and transferring the fuel rods to the feeding unit, a fuel rod assembly lifter which is disposed parallel to the feeding unit, and a controller controlling driving of the fuel rod loading unit, the feeding unit, and the fuel rod unloading unit.