Patent ID: 6295329
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G21C,Y02E

Abstract:
A reactor-internal equipment handling apparatus comprising:control rod holding means for releasably holding a control rod which is loaded in a reactor vessel;fuel support/control rod guide tube holding means for releasably holding both a fuel support, which supports a bottom end of a fuel assembly, and a control rod guide tube, on which the fuel support is placed at a top end;a main body frame to which both the control rod holding means and the fuel support/control rod guide tube holding means are fitted and is adapted to be hung down inside the reactor vessel;a holding state detecting mechanism for detecting both a holding state of the control rod holding means about the control rod and a holding state of the fuel support/control rod guide tube holding means about the fuel support and the control rod guide tube; anda positioning state detecting mechanism for detecting a positioning state of the main body frame in the reactor vessel.