Fuel assembly
US4926450A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 15, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel assembly including a plurality of fuel rods and water rods. The fuel rods are arranged with a predetermined pitch and two water rods are disposed adjacent to each other in a diagonal direction of the fuel assembly. More particularly, the fuel rods are arranged in a lattice of nine rows by nine columns and the two water rods are disposed inside a region corresponding to a space sufficient for disposing seven fuel rods at the center of the fuel assembly. Each of the water rods has an outer diameter greater than the pitch of the fuel rods.
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