Nuclear fuel storage arrangement

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1976-01-28

1977-12-20

Engle, Samuel W.

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ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for the storage of nuclear reactor fuel assemblies having a section wherein fuel is present and a section wherein fuel is not present. The fuel assemblies are placed in a plurality of elongated cells which are joined together to form a cellular structure. The fuel assemblies are placed within the cells at different elevations so that the fuel containing section of one fuel assembly is next to the non-fuel-containing sections of each fuel assembly surrounding the first fuel assembly. The vertical staggering of the fuel containing sections achieves space reductions while maintaining the stored fuel in a subcritical assemblage.

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patent: 3180799 (1965-04-01), Blake
patent: 3466445 (1969-09-01), Schlies
patent: 3631973 (1972-01-01), Rode
patent: 3680690 (1972-08-01), Mills
patent: 3859533 (1975-01-01), Suvanto

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