Nuclear fuel element end fitting

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1977-06-06

1979-05-01

Engle, Samuel W.

176 76, G21C 334

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041522060

ABSTRACT:
A typical embodiment of the invention has an array of sockets that are welded to the intersections of the plates that form the upper and lower end fittings of a nuclear reactor fuel element. The sockets, which are generally cylindrical in shape, are oriented in directions that enable the longitudinal axes of the sockets to align with the longitudinal axes of the fuel rods that are received in the respective sockets. Detents impressed in the surfaces of the sockets engage mating grooves that are formed in the ends of the fuel rods to provide for the structural integrity of the fuel element.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3167484 (1965-01-01), Beutel
patent: 3350276 (1967-10-01), Warberg
patent: 3354045 (1967-11-01), Macfall
patent: 3862884 (1975-01-01), Jabsen

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