Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1975-06-17
1977-02-01
Lanham, C.W.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29456, 29428, 176 78, 176 81, G21C 2102, G21C 312
Patent
active
040055213
ABSTRACT:
A method for spacing fast reactor fuel rods using a wire wrapper improved by orienting the wire-wrapped fuel rods in a unique manner which introduces desirable performance characteristics not attainable by previous wire-wrapped designs. Use of this method in a liquid metal fast breeder reactor results in: (a) improved mechanical performance, (b) improved rod-to-rod contact, (c) reduced steel volume, and (d) improved thermal-hydraulic performance. The method produces a "locked wrap" design which tends to lock the rods together at each of the wire cluster locations.
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patent: 3186913 (1965-06-01), Weisner et al.
patent: 3607642 (1971-09-01), Murdock
patent: 3964968 (1976-06-01), Kurilkin et al.
Chertock Alan J.
Kaplan Samuel
Punches James R.
Carlson Dean E.
Carnahan L. E.
Crane Daniel C.
Gaither Roger S.
Lanham C.W.
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