Patent ID: 9659675
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G21C,Y02E

Claim:
1. A fuel rod auto-loading apparatus for a nuclear fuel assembly, the fuel rod auto-loading apparatus comprising: a fuel rod storage unit including a fuel rod loading unit configured to supply the fuel rods to the fuel rod storage unit; a fuel rod unloading unit configured to unload the fuel rods from the fuel rod storage unit, wherein the fuel rod loading unit and the fuel rod unloading unit are disposed in opposite sides of the fuel load storage unit with each other; a feeding unit configured to arrange the fuel rods transferred from the fuel rod unloading unit for loading the fuel rods into a fuel rod case; a fuel rod assembly lifter disposed collinearly in a longitudinal direction with the feeding unit, and configured to move upward or downward the fuel rod case separably placed on the fuel rod assembly lifter; and a controller controlling the fuel rod loading unit, the feeding unit, and the fuel rod unloading unit, wherein the fuel rod unloading unit, the fuel rod storage unit, the fuel rod unloading unit and the feeding unit are disposed in order.