Patent · US Expired

Nuclear reactor fuel element

US3940314A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

3References

10Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Diethelm Knodler
Hans Kropfl
Peter Rau · Leutenbach, DE
Theodor Wittmann

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 1972
Grant date	Feb 24, 1976
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 1992

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nuclear reactor fuel element comprised of a plurality of fuel rods disposed in a plurality of spacers in which the tubular casing for each fuel rod is designed without regard to the mechanical stress produced by the spacers and has a reinforced wall thickness adjacent to the spacers which is thicker than the wall thickness of the tubular casing in other areas not adjacent to the spacers. The spacers are arranged in a circular mesh with a center support rod.

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