METHOD FOR OVERLOADING THE HEATER ASSEMBLY AND THE DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G21C19/34 G21F5/08 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the technology of loading and unloading a fuel assembly (FA) by a loading/unloading machine (LUM). The method for reloading the fuel assembly includes unloading the fuel assembly from the reactor installation to the box by means of a LUM and moving it to the pool of cassette holding to a place of storage free of charge, or moving the fuel assembly from the place of unimpeded storage of the pool of cassette holding in the container and further loading it into the reactor unit; the pencil is vertically immersed in the water of the pool for holding the cassettes to a depth at least equal to the height of the fuel assembly, fix it fixedly in the soak pool to asset, and the movement of the fuel assembly from the pencil into the pool or from the pool into the pencil is carried out through a longitudinal section in the pencil case under the water of the pool of cassette holding.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to increase the rate of loading of the fuel assembly from the reactor to the BVK and back.

7 cl, 1 dwg