PICK-AND-PLACE DEVICE WITH TRANSIENT UNIT FOR INSTALLATION INTO AND REMOVAL FROM NUCLEAR REACTOR OF CORE ELEMENTS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G21C19/10 

FIELD: power industry.

SUBSTANCE: pick-and-place complex includes a conveying unit, a tight container with biological protection, a guide transient pipe and a transient unit. Movement of core elements to the tight container is performed inside the guide transient pipe tightly installed on a handling seat in a small turning plate of the reactor and attached to the container through the transient unit installed in the turning ceiling panel of the above-reactor room. The container is provided with a catch moved by means of load-carrying and control chains of the catch. The guide transient pipe is provided with a casing pipe to control the catch and a lifting device of the transient unit.

EFFECT: reduction of radiation doses on the personnel.

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