Fuel assembly

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1988-03-21

1990-05-15

Walsh, Donald P.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Fuel component structure

Plural fuel segments or elements

376447, G21C 332

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049264508

ABSTRACT:
A fuel assembly including a plurality of fuel rods and water rods. The fuel rods are arranged with a predetermined pitch and two water rods are disposed adjacent to each other in a diagonal direction of the fuel assembly. More particularly, the fuel rods are arranged in a lattice of nine rows by nine columns and the two water rods are disposed inside a region corresponding to a space sufficient for disposing seven fuel rods at the center of the fuel assembly. Each of the water rods has an outer diameter greater than the pitch of the fuel rods.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4597937 (1986-07-01), Sakurai
patent: 4652426 (1987-03-01), Boyle
patent: 4686079 (1987-08-01), Ishikawa
patent: 4777016 (1988-10-01), Yoshioka
patent: 4789520 (1988-12-01), Morimoto

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