DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE INSPECTION OF AN EXTERNAL WRAPPING OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTAINER IN THE AREA OF A THERMAL PROTECTION SHIELD SURROUNDING IT.

摘要

A PROCESS AND A DEVICE TO INSPECT THE OUTER HOUSING OF A NUCLEAR CONTAINER IN THE AREA OF THERMAL SHIELDING THAT ENCLOSES IT IS PRESENTED. THE DEVICE FOR INSPECTING THE EXTERNAL CASING OF A NUCLEAR CONTAINER (2) IN THE AREA OF THERMAL SHIELDING (4) WHICH ENCLOSES IT HAS A ROTATING PLATFORM (50) MOUNTED ON THE BOTTOM (3) OF A SUPPORT ON WHICH THE CONTAINER IS DISPOSED ( two). A MAST (60) IS DISPOSED ON THE BOTTOM (3) NEAR THE NUCLEAR CONTAINER (2). A VERTICALLY MOBILE TROLLEY (62) IS DISPOSED ON THE MAST (60) SO THAT IT MOVES IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE MAST. A CANTILEVER ARM (20) ARRANGED ON THE VERTICALLY MOBILE TROLLEY (62) MAY BE INSERTED WITHIN THE AREA BETWEEN THE OUTER HOUSING OF THE NUCLEAR CONTAINER (2) AND THE THERMAL SHIELD (4) AND SUPPORTS AN INSPECTION DEVICE AT ITS FREE END.