Single rod transfer

Proto-Power Corporation is in the process of developing a spent fuel rod transfer tool which transfer rods one at a time into a spent fuel consolidation system. The basic system is to automatically move the withdrawal/insertion tool from one exact point to another to transfer the rod. From a licensing and safety viewpoint, Proto-Powers basic concerns revolved around the minimization of risk from both a personnel exposure and a recovery from an incident viewpoint. This has led to the decision to use single pin as opposed to multiple pin transfer for rod consolidation on a production basis