Fuel assembly for nuclear reactor
US4585614A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1984 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel assembly comprises a plurality of fuel rods arranged in a lattice with a combined quadratic and hexagonal geometry, about one-fourth of the total number of fuel rods in the fuel assembly constituting a group of rods at seventeen fuel rod positions among which nine positions are nodal points in a quadratic lattice portion located in the middle of the group.
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