Robert A Geier

US Patent:

6856663, Feb 15, 2005

Filed:

Feb 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

09/683823

Inventors:

Dennis Colditz - Downingtown PA, US
Vernon Walter Pence - San Jose CA, US
Terry L. Chapman - Los Gatos CA, US
Michael Jamie Baron - New Lenox IL, US
Robert David Geier - Woodridge IL, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G21C019/00

US Classification:

376260, 376261

Abstract:

A reactor servicing platform for a nuclear reactor is provided. The nuclear reactor includes a reactor pressure vessel positioned in a primary containment and at least one refuel bridge. The primary containment includes a refueling floor. The servicing platform, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a frame, a support structure, and a floor covering the frame. The floor includes a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel.

US Patent:

7139357, Nov 21, 2006

Filed:

Dec 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/005977

Inventors:

Dennis Colditz - Downingtown PA, US
Vernon Walter Pence - San Jose CA, US
Terry L. Chapman - Los Gatos CA, US
Michael Jamie Baron - New Lenox IL, US
Robert David Geier - Woodridge IL, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G21C 19/00

US Classification:

376260, 376268, 376263

Abstract:

A method of servicing a nuclear reactor during a reactor outage is provided. The reactor includes a primary containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel positioned in the primary containment vessel. The method includes positioning a servicing platform above the reactor pressure vessel and performing predetermined servicing operations on the reactor. The servicing platform includes a frame having a plurality of interconnected beams, a support structure attached to the frame, and a floor attached to a top of the frame. The floor includes a reactor access opening sized to permit access to the reactor pressure vessel. The servicing platform also includes at least one auxiliary platform movably coupled to the frame and extending into the access opening. The at least one auxiliary platform is movable along a perimeter of the access opening of the floor.