Nuclear fuel grid outer strap
US4873051A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A nuclear fuel assembly grid comprising an improved outer grid strap wherein abutting outer grid strap segments are joined at a point of intersection with an inner grid strap. The normally preformed weld where the inner strap fork tines extend through the outer grid strap thereby fixedly bonds the outer grid strap segments together.
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