Plate-type fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor
US4134791A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A stack of clad fuel plates disposed vertically in uniformly spaced and parallel relation constitutes the fuel assembly. The fuel plates are connected together in rigidly fixed relation by coupling means extending at right angles to the plane of the fuel plates and mounted at intervals in the vertical direction on the lateral edges of the plates. Hollow sleeves are rigidly fixed to at least a certain number of fuel plates and extend vertically in the plane of these latter, the sleeves being uniformly spaced in the transverse direction of the plates.
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