Method for fixing a spring package to a top nozzle in a fuel ass

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1992-04-06

1993-05-25

Wasil, Daniel D.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Handling of fission reactor component structure within...

Fuel component

376364, G21C 332

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052137570

ABSTRACT:
A method for fixing a spring package (7) to a top nozzle (6) in a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor wherein the fuel assembly comprises fuel rods, guide tubes and spacers arranged in a bundle between a top nozzle (6) and a bottom nozzle (5) wherein a T-shaped slot (14) is milled out in a clamp (8) which is welded to or forms an integral part of the top nozzle (6) for receiving one end of the spring package (7), the end of the spring package is then inserted into the slot (14), and the end is then fixed in the slot by means of a locking pin (15).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4792429 (1988-12-01), Hatfield
patent: 4938919 (1990-07-01), Rylatt

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