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Fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor

US9418766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AREVA GMBH · US

Inventors

Erhard Friedrich · Eckental, DE
Hans-Joachim Lippert · Hochstädt, DE
Roland Rink · Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2007
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel assembly of a boiling water reactor contains a fuel assembly base closed at the top by a filter plate, a fuel assembly head, and, disposed between them, a bundle of long and medium-length fuel rods extending away from the fuel assembly base. A water channel is disposed inside the fuel rod bundle. A plurality of the medium-length fuel rods are fixed axially on a separate holding part which is connected to the upper side of the fuel assembly base.

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