Fuel assembly channel box having burnable poison
US5872826A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A channel box for a nuclear-reactor fuel assembly (MOX fuel assembly) containing plutonium, capable of properly controlling the excess reactivity without mixing neutron absorber or burnable poison into a fuel rod, and a channel box for a nuclear-reactor fuel assembly which does not form any gap between the channel box and members containing burnable poison in the channel box and in which the burnable poison does not directly contact with reactor water.
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