Published November 26, 1993 | Version v1
Patent

Method of repairing incore structure and water sealing chamber

Description

An incore-chamber main body comprises a guide tube, an insertion guide, an extensible arm, a device fixing mechanism, a gas supply pipe, a guide driving mechanism and an in-core chamber control device. The in-core chamber main body is installed and secured to an upper flange surface of a shroud. Reactor water is raised to a level below a flange of a reactor pressure vessel while supplying a dry gas from a gas supply pipe to make the inside of the shroud as a gas atmosphere. Subsequently, each of the devices is attached to the top end of the extensible arm, and the guide driving mechanism is operated by the in-core chamber control device to an aimed position for preventive maintenance or repair to conduct positioning and fixing by utilizing the guide tube and the insertion guide. This enables to conduct preventive maintenance or repair in a state where reactor water is present to the outside of the in-core reactor chamber while maintaining the in-core equipment in the gas atmosphere, thereby enabling to reduce operator's exposure dose. (I.N.)

Availability note (English)

Available from JAPIO. Also available from EPO.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C19/02.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C19/02.
Patent number
JP patent document 5-312992/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
25055744
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ARMS; CONTAINERS; CONTAMINATION; GASES; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MAINTENANCE; REMOTE CONTROL; SHROUDS; WATER
Descriptors DEC
BODY; BODY AREAS; CONTROL; COOLING SYSTEMS; FLUIDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LIMBS; MAINTENANCE; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
JP patent application 4-120326.