Fuel assembly for a boiling reactor
US5096660A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel assembly in the form of an elongated channel having several corners is connected to a coolant intended to flow through the channel. A bundle of similarly elongated fuel rods, retained by a plurality of spacers, is arranged in the channel, and arranged in the upper part of the fuel assembly, at least between a pair of spacers, is a sleeve formed of a sheet around the bundle. The sleeve has an external shape which conforms closely to the walls of the fuel assembly and is perforated by a large number of openings, the total surface of which is at least as large as the sheet surface remaining on one side of the sleeve.
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