Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
Pilger die and pilger mandrel for manufacturing dashpot tube for nuclear fuel assembly and method of manufacturing the pilger die and the pilger mandrel
A pilger die and a pilger mandrel which are used to produce a dashpot tube which can be used in a nuclear fuel assembly having an outer diameter of 31.75 mm or less and an inner diameter 25.654 mm or less, by processing a reduced expression zirconium alloy tube in two pilgering processes (a first step pass and a second step pass) using a single pilgering apparatus. Furthermore, provided are methods of manufacturing the pilger die and the pilger mandrel, and the dashpot tube for the nuclear fuel assembly. The dashpot tube can be manufactured by the single pilgering apparatus provided with the pilger die and the pilger mandrel.
Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
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Y02E G21C B21B
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Seung Hwan Ki Bum Sun Doo In Kyu Chan Hyun
Lee Park Kim Kim Park