Patent ID: 7905017
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G21C,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for repairing the slides ( 27 ) of a radial support assembly ( 10 ) for a pressurized water reactor core support plate ( 5 ), each slide ( 27 ) of U-section being fixed in a housing formed in a side support ( 26 ) integral with a nuclear reactor vessel ( 1 ) and comprising two essentially parallel lateral branches ( 27 b ) equipped with opposing bearing surfaces ( 27 c ) designed to collaborate with the lateral faces of a radial support key ( 15 ) fixed to the core support plate ( 5 ), wherein: the separation between the bearing surfaces ( a relative measurement of the position of the said at least one slide ( at least one lateral branch ( the dimensions of the said at least one lateral branch ( open-ended holes ( holes ( the said replacement lateral branch ( the separation between the bearing surfaces ( a relative measurement of the position of the said at least one repaired slide ( holes ( the said pins (