EBR-II Fuel-Handling System

The EBR-II fuel-handling system is designed to facilitate loading of fresh fuel into the reactor and removal of SNF from the reactor to the adjacent fuel cycle facility (EBR-II, 1971 Koch). The fuelhandling system is displayed in Fig. 5.1, which shows the reactor, the fuel gripper, and the hold-down mechanisms, the transfer arm, the storage basket, and the fuel-unloading machine. 

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