Device for supporting a fuel-pin cluster within a nuclear reactor fuel assembly wrapper
US4003787A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1977 |
| 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 clister is placed coaxially at the lower end of a vertical fuel assembly wrapper. The ends of the rails are engaged in vertical slots formed in the supporting member and are secured by locking-rods mounted in open grooves located transversely to the slots in the outer faces of the supporting member.
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