Patent ID: 9721686
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G21C,Y02E

Claim:
1. An assembly for refueling a nuclear reactor having a reactor core including a plurality of elongated core components positioned in a reactor pool, a reactor pool bridge positioned above and movable over the reactor pool, a fuel pool, a fuel pool bridge positioned above and movable over the fuel pool, and a transfer pool fluidly coupling the fuel pool to the reactor pool, the assembly comprising: a handover assembly selectively positionable within a transfer channel and having at least two compartments each configured for selectively securing one of the core components in a vertical position, the handover assembly being movable to allow a reactor pool grapple operating from the reactor pool bridge and a fuel pool grapple operating from the fuel pool bridge to each simultaneously retrieve a core component from one of the compartments wherein the handover assembly includes a mast with the compartments attached thereto, the mast and attached compartments rotatably coupled in a permanently fixed position about a lower portion of the fuel pool bridge and extending downward, the mast and compartments being substantially aligned with the transfer channel and dimensioned to enable at least a 90 degree rotation of the mast and the at least two compartments within the transfer channel.