Fuel assembly for a pressurized water nuclear reactor
US4652416A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 1984 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Fuel assembly for a pressurized water nuclear reactor, comprising a peripheral zone (1) consisting of a first group of rods (2) containing mainly enriched uranium oxide and a central zone (4) consisting of a second group of rods (5) containing mainly plutonium or uranium depleted in fissile uranium. The rods of the first zone (1) are spaced sufficiently so that the neutrons are slowed down to the thermal region. The rods of the second zone (4) are spaced by a distance which is appreciably smaller so that the neutrons produced in this zone (4) are in the high-energy region. The invention applies, in particular, to nuclear reactors with spectral shift.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.