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Spring element for holding down nuclear reactor fuel assembly

US4278501A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1978
Grant dateJul 14, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 22, 1998

Classification

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

Abstract

Spring element for holding down and bracing a fuel assembly against a hold-down plate upwardly limiting the reactor core of a nuclear reactor, includes a spring-loaded rod-shaped member separately formed independently of the fuel assembly and being slidable axially and form-lockingly into the fuel assembly.

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