Device for supporting a fuel pin cluster within a nuclear reactor fuel assembly wrapper
US3996101A · kind A · utility
6Cited by
8References
10Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 1975 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A supporting member for an array of parallel rails each carrying one row of slidably mounted pins of a fuel cluster is placed coaxially at the lower end of a vertical fuel assembly wrapper. Each parallel rail is provided at each end with a downward extension and terminal lug which engages in a lateral groove formed in the periphery of the supporting member in order to lock and maintain the rails and the fuel pins in uniformly spaced relation within the fuel assembly wrapper.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.