Nuclear reactor fuel assembly end fitting
US4551300A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 1983 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
End fitting for the fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor comprising in per se known manner a device for holding the fuel assembly against an upper or lower plate of the reactor core, wherein the maintaining device is constituted by a plurality of rigid levers, having a first end and a second end, each lever being articulated on an axis A, a closed recess provided in the sides of a frame of the end fitting for each lever and elastic means contained in the recesses and exerting a restoring torque on the corresponding lever.
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