CONTAINER WITH A DRIVE FOR INSTALLATION OF VORTEX GRINDING OF MIXED NUCLEAR FUEL Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC G21C21/00 

FIELD: nuclear equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to nuclear engineering, in particular to means for producing a homogeneous nuclear fuel from a mixture of uranium dioxide and plutonium. Container with mixed nuclear fuel milling unit comprises titanium barrel loaded with needles made from ferromagnetic steel, separator, platform and shutoff valve with drive. Separator screen is rotatable for 90° with locking in horizontal (closed) and vertical (open) positions and is equipped with drive. Drives of the shutoff valves and the screen of the separator are arranged outside the box and are installed on a bracket designed so that to enable reciprocal movement. Couplings are installed on output shafts of drives of shutoff valves and screen of separator, which are made with possibility of engagement and disengagement with screen of separator and shutoff valves at extreme positions of bracket. Reciprocal movement of the bracket is carried out using a drive.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to open and close the butterfly valve after tight connection of the container with the loading pipe branch pipe seal and to load the powder bypassing the screen of the separator.

3 cl, 6 dwg