Fuel assembly

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2006-12-26

2011-10-18

Palabrica, Rick (Department: 3663)

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Fuel component structure

Plural fuel segments or elements

C376S453000, C376S462000, C376S361000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08040998

ABSTRACT:
A fuel assembly is charged in a reactor core of a nuclear reactor using a liquid metal as a coolant, and includes a wrapper tube storing a plurality of fuel pins and including an entrance nozzle for introducing the coolant and an operation handling head, grids disposed in the wrapper tube to support the fuel pins in the radial direction of the wrapper tube, liner tubes inserted in the wrapper tube to fixedly hold the respective grids in the axial direction of the wrapper tube, and a fixing device for fixing the grids and the liner tubes in the radial direction of the wrapper tube.

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