Fuel assembly for nuclear reactor

Details Fuel assembly for nuclear reactor Fuel assembly for nuclear reactor

1992-01-07

1993-07-13

Walsh, Donald P.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Fuel component structure

Plural fuel segments or elements

376439, 376462, G21C 334

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052271307

ABSTRACT:
A fuel assembly (1) for a nuclear reactor of pressurized-water type with a number of fuel rods (2) retained into a bundle by means of spacers (3) between a top nozzle (4) and a bottom nozzle (5) which includes a plurality of openings for a coolant flow to the fuel rods (2). A partial fuel box (7) is providing at at least the lower part of the fuel assembly and extending from the bottom nozzle (5) and at least up past the lowermost ordinary spacer (3) of the bundle.

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