Patent ID: 6464424
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B23P,F16B,G21C,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
A repaired shroud assembly for a boiling water reactor, comprisinga cylindrical core shroud with a crack and a pair of slots on opposite sides of said crack, each of said slots defining an inner wall spaced from said crack and an outer wall, opposite said inner wall, spaced further from said crack, said slots being in angled relation to one another so that a lateral spacing between said inner walls increases in a direction of increasing lateral spacing parallel to said crack; and a wedge clamp comprising a pair of interconnected, spaced slides inserted in said slots, respectively, each of said slides having an inner surface and an outer surface, said slides being in angled relation to one another and having a lateral spacing between said inner surfaces increasing in said direction of increasing lateral spacing, said wedge clamp being movable in said direction of increasing lateral spacing to limit separation at said crack.