Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for removing shielding balls from calandria of heavy water nuclear reactor
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Application No.: US17277769Application Date: 2019-09-20
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Publication No.: US11456084B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Young Hwan Hwang , Seok-Ju Hwang , Mi-Hyun Lee , Cheon-Woo Kim
- Applicant: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeongju-si
- Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeongju-si
- Agency: Lex IP Meister, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2018-0114255 20180921
- International Application: PCT/KR2019/012269 WO 20190920
- International Announcement: WO2020/060309 WO 20200326
- Main IPC: G21D1/00
- IPC: G21D1/00 ; G21C11/00

Abstract:
A device for removing shielding balls from calandria of a heavy water reactor is provided. The device includes a head for moving the shielding balls positioned inside of an end shield of the calandria to an outside of the end shield; and a mover for moving the head to the end shield of the calandria. The head includes a head body, an opening former installed on the head body and configured to form an opening in the end shield, and a gate installed on the head body and configured to control an amount of the shielding balls discharged to the outside through the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210350944A1 APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING SHIELDING BALLS FOR HEAVY-WATER REACTOR Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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