Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Fuel component structure – Plural fuel segments or elements
Patent
1979-05-21
1982-02-09
Walsh, Donald P.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Fuel component structure
Plural fuel segments or elements
376444, G21C 330
Patent
active
043148840
ABSTRACT:
A fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor including a plurality of fuel rods held in spaced, parallel position between upper and lower tie plates and retained in lateral position by intermediate spacers and having a water tube in lieu of a fuel element in one or more of the rod positions, the water tubes having an outside diameter greater than that of the fuel rods and the spacer springs in the spacer cells of the water tubes being modified to accommodate the larger diameter of the water tubes.
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Fanning Alan W.
Hazel Victor E.
Jameson, Jr. William G.
General Electric Company
James, Jr. Ivor J.
Simkins Raymond G.
Turner Samuel E.
Walsh Donald P.
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