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7616727 Methods of editing fuel bundle groups  
A method of fuel bundle consideration in a reactor. The method includes creating or editing bundle groups including fuel bundles.
7613272 Methods of using fuel bundle groups as evaluation constraints  
A method of fuel bundle consideration in a reactor. The method includes creating or editing bundle groups including fuel bundles.
7593501 Segment make-up system and method for manufacturing nuclear fuel rods  
A method to insert nuclear fuel pellets into a fuel rod cladding tube, having the steps of providing a cladding tube, providing at least one nuclear fuel pellet to be incorporated into the cladding...
7567645 Modular integrated head assembly  
A two-part integrated head assembly ( 100 ) is disclosed wherein the lower portion ( 110 ) attaches to, and is supported by, the reactor vessel closure head ( 90 ), and the upper portion ( 160 ) is...
7551705 Fuel assembly top nozzle repair sleeve and method for repairing a fuel assembly  
A method and device to repair nuclear fuel assembly structural defects in the top nozzle to guide thimble connection, wherein the device includes a repair sleeve comprising tendons configured to...
7539280 Nuclear fuel rod loading method and apparatus  
A method to load a nuclear fuel rod, comprising, providing nuclear fuel pellets in a fuel plate transfer unit; transferring the nuclear fuel pellets from the fuel plate transfer unit to a fuel...
7520043 Method of securing a tube in a bore through a spherical wall, and a device for depositing welding material in a facing  
An annular facing is machined in an inside surface of the spherical wall around the periphery of a zone where the wall has a bore for securing the tube passing therethrough. A first welding...
7512207 Apparatus for delivering a tool into a submerged bore  
An apparatus for delivering a tool into a nuclear reactor jet pump submerged in a reactor pool includes a frame, and a propulsion unit for controlling the movement of the tool delivery apparatus...
7505546 Method of preventing separation of feedwater sparger end bracket assemblies  
A method of preventing separation of a feedwater sparger end bracket assembly comprises installing first and second clamp members of a clamp over a feedwater sparger end bracket assembly in...
7499840 Method and apparatus for creating and editing a nuclear reactor core loading template  
The apparatus for creating and editing a nuclear reactor core template includes a graphical user interface and a processor controlling the graphical user interface to display a graphical...
7409032 Method of fuel bundle consideration in a reactor  
A method of fuel bundle consideration in a reactor. The method includes creating or editing bundle groups including fuel bundles.
7386087 Method and device for loading a fuel assembly into the core of a nuclear reactor  
The invention relates to a method and a device for loading a fuel assembly into the core of a nuclear reactor. The inventive method consists in: inserting a dummy assembly ( 4 ) into the loading...
7330525 Method and apparatus for maximizing radiation shielding during cask transfer procedures  
A transfer cask for maximizing the radiation shielding for spent nuclear fuel during cask transfer procedures has a cylindrical inner shell forming a cavity within which a spent nuclear fuel...
7289590 Method and apparatus for handling a tube guide of upper interval equipment of a nuclear reactor  
A device for handling a guide tube assembly. The assembly has an upper tube and a lower tube in each of which there are fixed horizontal guide plates arranged such that they are spaced apart in an...
7272204 Method and apparatus for clamping a riser brace assembly in nuclear reactor  
An apparatus and method are provided which are designed to structurally replace welds that attach a riser brace assembly to a jet pump riser pipe. The riser brace assembly may include an upper...
7206372 Methods of repairing leaking elongate hollow members in boiling water reactors  
In a method for sealing a hollow, elongate member within a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor, a section of the elongate member may be removed to separate the elongate member into an...
7155715 Distributed software system visualization  
A data management system stores and visualizes data generated during process management. The data management system provides different data management services and definitions of these are stored...
7145976 Procedure and means for replacing and procedure for repairing a section of a pipe in the primary circuit of a nuclear reactor  
In a nuclear reactor, cooled by pressurized water, an apparatus is employed for replacing a section of a primary circuit primary pipe that interconnects first and second components of a primary...
7139357 Reactor servicing platform  
A method of servicing a nuclear reactor during a reactor outage is provided. The reactor includes a primary containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel positioned in the primary containment...
7139356 Procedure and means for replacing and procedure for repairing a section of a pipe in the primary circuit of a nuclear reactor  
Marking of the cuts which have to be made, cutting of the section at two ends, removal of the section which has to be replaced, bevelling of the joint ends of the parts remaining after the section...
7139358 Below grade cask transfer facility  
A system and method for transferring a canister of spent nuclear fuel from a transfer cask to a receiving cask. In one aspect, the system comprises a below grade opening adapted for receiving a...
7139359 Integrated head assembly for a nuclear reactor  
An integrated head assembly ( 100 ) is disclosed for a nuclear reactor. The preferred integrated head assembly includes a lift assembly ( 150 ) that supports the reactor vessel closure head ( 90 )...
7139353 Boiling water reactor nuclear fuel assembly lifting support  
A lifting support for a boiling water reactor nuclear fuel assembly comprising a grappling head configured to allow attachment to a lifting device, a body with an upper end and a lower end, the...
7120218 Method for calibrating steam generator water level measurement  
A method is provided for determining and controlling feed water level in a steam generator of a nuclear power plant, whereby the water level sensor is calibrated in terms of the pressure drop...
7076017 Apparatus and method for repairing reactor vessel cladding using a seal plate  
A seal plate for repairing damaged areas in a pressure vessel cladding includes a first side and an opposing second side and a sealing portion located on the second side, with the sealing portion...
7058154 Systems and methods for managing assets using an interactive database  
The disclosed invention is a system and a method utilizing a web-based interactive database to automate the process for managing internal components of a plant. The system captures all essential...
7023949 Jet pump assembly repair method  
A BWR jet pump assembly has a wedge slidably mounted on a jet pump that is movable under the force of gravity to seat between a bracket and the jet pump in order to horizontally support the jet...
6990714 Modular submersible repairing system and repairing method  
A modular submersible repairing system includes a working unit having a tool module capable of repairing structures in a reactor. A scanning/pitching module is capable of being selectively...
6950489 Guide tube for an instrumentation lance extending into a pressure vessel, reactor pressure vessel, and a method for preventing the accumulation of particles outside the pressure vessel in a guide tube  
The invention relates to a guide tube especially for an instrumentation lance extending into a reactor pressure vessel. The guide tube includes a lower tube section and an upper tube section that...
6909765 Method of uprating an existing nuclear power plant  
An improved method of increasing the power output of an existing nuclear power plant includes increasing the thermal power output of the plant's nuclear island and constructing of an auxiliary BOP...
6895067 Smooth collet for pulling fuel rods  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for smoothly inserting a fuel rod loader through the skeleton of a fuel cell and then for pulling an attached fuel rod into the fuel rod skeleton while keeping...
6882696 Control rod for boiling water reactor and method for manufacturing the same  
A tie rod having a cruciform cross section is provided with steps for fixing sheaths at tips of cruciform arms of the tie rod; the tips of each of sheaths are fitted onto the steps of the tie rod,...
6876715 Measurement system of torsion vibration for reactor internal pump  
Object of this invention is to provide an axial torsional vibration measurement device of the reactor internal pump capable of measuring the axial torsional vibration easily. The vibration detector...
6865242 Method and device for restoring the fall-time of at least one control cluster for regulating reactivity in the core of a light-water-cooled nuclear reactor  
After a nuclear reactor has been stopped and allowed to cool down following a period of operation, action is taken in a pool of the nuclear reactor on at least one guide tube of the activated upper...
6862329 In-cycle shuffle  
According to the method, a reactor core is shut down during the operation cycle. One or more fuel bundles of the reactor core are then moved to new positions within the reactor core to increase a...
6856664 Reactor servicing platform  
A modular reactor servicing platform for a nuclear reactor is provided. The modular servicing platform includes a plurality of modular sections coupled together, a support structure coupled to the...
6856663 Reactor servicing platform  
A reactor servicing platform for a nuclear reactor is provided. The nuclear reactor includes a reactor pressure vessel positioned in a primary containment and at least one refuel bridge. The...
6834092 Method of repairing leaking elongate hollow members in boiling water reactors  
The method facilitates sealing a control rod drive (CRD) housing to a stub tube in a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor, if any cracks develop proximate a heat affected zone of the stub...
6811746 Zirconium alloy having excellent corrosion resistance and mechanical properties for nuclear fuel cladding tube  
The present invention relates to a zirconium alloy having excellent corrosion resistance and mechanical properties and a method for preparing a nuclear fuel cladding tube by zirconium alloy. More...
6809283 Noble metal in-situ sampling method and apparatus  
An electric discharge machining sampling apparatus for obtaining samples from a surface of metal components provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the sampling apparatus is operable underwater and...
6788756 Jet pump set screw wedge  
A piping support wedge apparatus for a jet pump in a nuclear reactor is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the wedge apparatus includes a first tapered wedge segment having a first end portion...
6788755 Safe lift and process for transporting canisters of spent nuclear fuel  
A system and method for moving a canister of spent nuclear fuel from a first location, which may be within a nuclear power generation facility to a second location such as a storage cask that is...
6782070 Method of handling a large structure in a reactor building  
When carrying the large structure out through an aperture portion provided at a roof of a reactor building, a chamber for covering the aperture is provided at the roof so that work of providing the...
6773219 Control rod drive handling assembly for a nuclear reactor  
A positioning apparatus for a CRD handling assembly for a nuclear reactor. The positioning apparatus includes at least one linear slide rail, a drive screw coupled to the at least one slide rail,...
6754673 Method and system for assessing plant parameters and performance over a global network  
Plant parameters and performance of an industrial plant such as a boiling water nuclear reactor plant can be assessed over a global network. Plant parameter and performance data are compiled from a...
6744841 Method for carrying equipment out of nuclear power plant  
A method of carrying equipment out of a nuclear reactor building that, in carrying equipment rendered radioactive out of a nuclear reactor building, makes it possible to shorten the operating time...
6731715 Reactor vessel handling method  
One of methods for carrying out a reactor vessel according to the present invention comprises the steps of removing an overhead traveling crane in a reactor containment vessel of a pressurized...
6715201 Modular submersible repairing system  
A modular submersible repairing system includes a working unit having a tool module capable of repairing structures in a reactor. A scanning/pitching module is capable of being selectively...
6718002 Method and device for removing radioactive deposits  
A device and method for removing radioactive crud material deposited on surfaces of a nuclear fuel assembly in a nuclear plant is provided. The device comprises a container arranged to accommodate...
6704386 Fuel channel box and a method of manufacturing the same  
A fuel channel box manufacturing method processes a fuel channel box of a zirconium-base alloy by a beta-quench treatment that heats the fuel channel box by a heating coil. The distance between the...