• Title of article

    AutomatedservicetoolformovinginstrumentationthimblesinPWRsduringrefuelingoutagesOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Byung-HakCho، نويسنده , , Seung-HyunByun، نويسنده , , Jae-KyungLee، نويسنده , , Joon-YoungPark، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    1779
  • To page
    1787
  • Abstract
    DuringtherefuelingoutageperiodofPWRnuclearpowerplants,thein-coremovabledetectorthimbleslocatedinsidefuelassembliesarewithdrawnfromthesealtable,andinsertedagainastherefuelingisfinished.Thethimblehandlingprocesshasbeencommonlyperformedmanually.However,themanualhandlingprocesscangivemanydrawbacksincludingunsatisfactorylaborefficiencyduetothenarrowandhighradiationworkingenvironmentaroundthesealtable,andthepossibilityofgivingseriousdamagetothedelicatethimblescausedbyunevenforceexertedonthethimbles.Inordertominimizeradiationexposuretotheworkersandmaintainthethimblessafely,aneasy-to-useandrobustthimbleservicetoolhasbeendeveloped.TheperformanceofthetoolwasverifiedatthetestfacilityandKori#3unit(Westinghousedesign,1000MWe).
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895135

    • Link To Document
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