Nuclear fuel assembly and nuclear reactor operating process comprising application thereof
US4649020A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The nuclear fuel assembly comprises a bundle of fuel elements some of which contain a burnable neutronic poison, held in position at the nodes of a regular lattice by a skeleton having end pieces connected together by guide tubes occupying some of the nodes of the lattice. All the poison-containing elements are disposed so as to act on the reactivity of the adjacent assemblies in the heart of the reactor.
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