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Patent Inventor Names
Jeffrey T. Lee
Earl Brian Barger
Date of Patent
October 17, 2023
Patent Application Number
16933521
Date Filed
July 20, 2020
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A pellet magazine includes a plurality of pellet bores sized to receive pellets for loading into a fuel rod. A fuel rod loading system includes a plurality of pellet loading stations each designated to load a single pellet type into one or more pellet bores of the pellet magazine, a rod loading station configured to unload pellets from the pellet bores of the pellet magazine into a fuel rod, and a conveyance system configured to transport the pellet magazine to the loading stations and then to the rod loading station in a defined sequence.
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