Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Fuel component structure – Plural fuel segments or elements
Patent
1994-03-18
1997-06-17
Behrend, Harvey E.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Fuel component structure
Plural fuel segments or elements
376352, G21C 332, G21C 1502
Patent
active
056404352
ABSTRACT:
The lower end of each of a plurality of fuel rods is supported by a fuel supporting portion of a lower tie plate. The fuel supporting portion includes a plurality of second coolant paths for supplying a coolant from below the fuel supporting portion to a first coolant path defined above the fuel supporting portion and between the fuel rods. The total cross-sectional area of all the second coolant paths is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the first coolant path. A water rod disposed between the fuel rods each includes an ascending tube path having therein a coolant ascending path having a coolant inlet port opening to a region below the fuel supporting portion, for guiding upward the coolant supplied through the coolant inlet port, and a descending tube having therein a coolant descending path having a coolant delivery port opening to said first coolant path, for guiding downward the coolant guided by said coolant ascending path and discharging the coolant through the coolant delivery port to the first coolant path. The descending tube path is so disposed outside the ascending tube path as to define a gap, through which the coolant inside the first coolant path flows, between it and the ascending tube path.
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Bessho Yasunori
Inagaki Masahisa
Kanno Satoshi
Kurosaki Hideki
Nakajima Junjiro
Behrend Harvey E.
Hitachi , Ltd.
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