Nuclear reactor fuel assembly
US4683115A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Nuclear reactor fuel assembly having a grid-shaped spacer with square grid meshes, wherein mutually parallel rods are arranged, respectively, in a grid mesh, the spacer having flat outer straps extending transversely to the rods and an intermediate strip extending parallel to the rods between two of the respective outer straps, the intermediate strip being inclined relative to the two outer straps, including a rejection rise formed at the outside of the intermediate strip and extending in direction of a diagonal of a grid mesh located at a corner between the two outer straps, the rejection rise being disposed transversely to the two outer straps and being inclined downwardly towards two respective ends of the intermediate strip in longitudinal direction of the rods.
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