Nuclear reactor refuelling facility

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DEVICE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF FUEL ELEMENTS WITHIN A NUCLEAR REACTOR SERVICING CHAMBER WITHIN THE PRESSURE VESSEL AND BIOLOGICAL SHIELD OF THE REACTOR AND FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE ELEMENTS FROM THE CHAMBER, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A SERVICING CHAMBER, A LOCK CHAMBER, AN INLET BETWEEN SAID SERVICING CHAMBER AND SAID LOCK CHAMBER, AN OUTLET FROM SAID LOCK CHAMBER TO THE EXTERIOR, A CONVEYOR IN SAID LOCK CHAMBER, FUEL ELEMENT COMPARTMENTS IN SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CONVEYOR BEING MOVABLE SO AS TO DISPLACE SAID FUEL ELEMENT COMPARTMENTS BETWEEN A POSITION IN WHICH SAID COMPARTMENTS ARE LOCATED OPPOSITE SAID INLET PROVIDING TRANSMISSION TO SAID LOCK CHAMBER FROM SAID SERVICING CHAMBER AND A POSITION IN WHICH SAID COMPARTMENTS ARE LOCATED OPPOSITE SAID OUTLET, ISOLATING VALVES FOR SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET, STORAGE LOCATIONS IN SAID SERVICING CHAMBER FOR THE FUEL ELEMENTS, FIRST FUEL ELEMENTS STORAGE MAGAZINES FOR TRANSFER BETWEEN A LOCATION OPPOSITE SAID INLET OF SAID LOCK MEMBER AND SAID STORAGE LOCATIONS SECOND FUEL ELEMENT MAGAZINES FOR LOCATIONS OPPOSITE SAID OUTLET OF SAID LOCK CHAMBER, FUEL ELEMENTS COMPARTMENTS FOR MAGAZINES AND MEANS FOR EXCHANGE OF FUEL ELEMENTS BETWEEN SAID COMPARTMENTS OF SAID CONVEYOR AND SAID COMPARTMENTS OF SAID MAGAZINES.