Patent ID: 8265221
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G21C,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting a debris trap in a fuel bundle of a nuclear reactor, the debris trap including a shaft and a debris capture tray attached to the shaft, the method comprising: (a) lowering the debris trap to a position adjacent a bottom of the fuel bundle; and (b) positioning the debris capture tray under the fuel bundle, wherein the debris trap includes a pivot actuator at one end thereof, and wherein the debris capture tray is pivotally attached to an opposite end of the shaft and is pivotable via the pivot actuator between an insertion position and a capture position, the method further comprising performing step (a) with the debris capture tray in the insertion position, and prior to step (b), pivoting the debris capture tray to the capture position.