Patent ID: 8634513
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G21C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A system for installing or removing a component of a nuclear reactor, comprising: a riser apparatus, the riser apparatus having a lift assembly structured to hold and support the component and a first drive assembly coupled to the lift assembly and structured to selectively move the lift assembly and the component along a length of the riser apparatus; and a transition cart movable along an under vessel area of the nuclear reactor in a first direction and having a pivot mechanism, wherein the riser apparatus is moveable along the under vessel area separate from and relative to the transition cart along the first direction and is selectively engageable with and disengageable from the pivot mechanism, and wherein the pivot mechanism is structured to selectively rotate the riser apparatus from a horizontal position to a vertical position when the riser apparatus is engaged with the pivot mechanism.