Fuel assembly having water passageway in channel wall
US4526746A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S376/908
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Fuel assembly having square cross-section and a plurality of tube elements (7,8) arranged in a square reactor lattice, at least one of said tube elements being water tubes (8) and a predominant number being fuel rods (7). Each fuel channel wall has a hollow projection (9) lying in a vertical mid-plane. The number of tube elements between two projections (9) lying in the same mid-plane is smaller than nine and greater than two. A plurality of rows of nine tube elements (7, 8) are arranged in parallel with each of the mid-planes.
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