AU216588B1 - Improvements in or relating to fuel element arrangements for nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to fuel element arrangements for nuclear reactors

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Publication number
AU216588B1
AU216588B1 AU20235/56A AU2023556A AU216588B1 AU 216588 B1 AU216588 B1 AU 216588B1 AU 20235/56 A AU20235/56 A AU 20235/56A AU 2023556 A AU2023556 A AU 2023556A AU 216588 B1 AU216588 B1 AU 216588B1
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relating
fuel element
nuclear reactors
element arrangements
arrangements
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Expired
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AU20235/56A
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English (en)
Inventor
Eric Dennis and Peter Arnold Lindley William
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General Electric Co
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The General Electric Company PLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/10—Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure with sensitive instruments, e.g. for measuring radioactivity, strain
    • G21C17/102—Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure with sensitive instruments, e.g. for measuring radioactivity, strain the sensitive element being part of a fuel element or a fuel assembly
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/36—Assemblies of plate-shaped fuel elements or coaxial tubes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/38—Fuel units consisting of a single fuel element in a supporting sleeve or in another supporting element
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Devices And Processes Conducted In The Presence Of Fluids And Solid Particles (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
AU20235/56A 1955-07-27 1956-07-26 Improvements in or relating to fuel element arrangements for nuclear reactors Expired AU216588B1 (en)

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GB21751/55A GB791011A (en) 1955-07-27 1955-07-27 Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors

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AU216588B1 true AU216588B1 (en) 1957-01-31

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US (1) US2985575A (enExample)
AU (1) AU216588B1 (enExample)
BE (1) BE549850A (enExample)
DE (1) DE1051999B (enExample)
FR (1) FR1156996A (enExample)
GB (1) GB791011A (enExample)
NL (2) NL103807C (enExample)

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US3051641A (en) * 1956-07-27 1962-08-28 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor fuel element having a thermocouple junction within its sheath
US3110658A (en) * 1959-11-18 1963-11-12 Commissariat Energie Atomique Devices for securing fuel elements in tubular metal casings for use in nuclear reactors
US3125760A (en) * 1958-03-31 1964-03-17 Fuel locating and suspending system for neutronic reactor core

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NL238781A (enExample) * 1958-05-03
NL241000A (enExample) * 1958-07-08
DE1182362B (de) * 1958-07-12 1964-11-26 Siemens Ag Brennelement fuer vorzugsweise gas- bzw. metallgekuehlte Kernreaktoren
LU37944A1 (enExample) * 1958-11-18
GB889536A (en) * 1959-02-03 1962-02-14 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors
US3159549A (en) * 1959-03-10 1964-12-01 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactors
FR1228914A (fr) * 1959-03-16 1960-09-02 Commissariat Energie Atomique Perfectionnement aux structures d'éléments combustibles à barreaux parallèles età armature externe
BE587917A (enExample) * 1959-03-27
NL250968A (enExample) * 1959-04-29
BE591447A (enExample) * 1959-06-03
US3132077A (en) * 1959-08-17 1964-05-05 Gen Dynamics Corp Nuclear reactor fuel element with attached thermocouple
NL260747A (enExample) * 1960-02-12
NL113287C (enExample) * 1960-03-04 1900-01-01
DE1177261B (de) * 1960-03-05 1964-09-03 Siemens Ag Kernreaktor-Brennstab
US3227621A (en) * 1960-05-11 1966-01-04 Atomenergi Ab Heterogeneous atomic reactor
US3158929A (en) * 1960-08-04 1964-12-01 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor fuel elements
US3138534A (en) * 1960-09-06 1964-06-23 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fuel arrangement for a neutronic test reactor
NL270136A (enExample) * 1960-11-17
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NL278837A (enExample) * 1961-05-24
US3170848A (en) * 1961-07-04 1965-02-23 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Fuel elements for vertically oriented nuclear reactors
GB949236A (en) * 1961-07-04 1964-02-12 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors and to fuel elements therefor
BE624005A (enExample) * 1961-11-10
BE628207A (enExample) * 1962-02-09
GB978220A (en) * 1962-02-15 1964-12-16 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to means for supporting nuclear fuel components
GB953475A (en) * 1962-02-20 1964-03-25 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to locating means for positioning nuclear fuel components
BE631311A (enExample) * 1962-04-20
US3144394A (en) * 1962-05-04 1964-08-11 United Kingdom Atomic Engergy Fuel elements for nuclear reactors
GB1030152A (en) * 1962-06-01 1966-05-18 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Moderator structures for nuclear reactors
US3274070A (en) * 1963-05-31 1966-09-20 Gen Dynamics Corp Fuel element with improved purge gas arrangement
LU37927A1 (enExample) * 1964-03-17
US3322643A (en) * 1964-04-20 1967-05-30 Babcock & Wilcox Co Heat transfer apparatus arrangement
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3051641A (en) * 1956-07-27 1962-08-28 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor fuel element having a thermocouple junction within its sheath
US3125760A (en) * 1958-03-31 1964-03-17 Fuel locating and suspending system for neutronic reactor core
US3110658A (en) * 1959-11-18 1963-11-12 Commissariat Energie Atomique Devices for securing fuel elements in tubular metal casings for use in nuclear reactors

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GB791011A (en) 1958-02-19
FR1156996A (fr) 1958-05-23
BE549850A (enExample)
US2985575A (en) 1961-05-23
NL103807C (enExample)
DE1051999B (de) 1959-03-05
NL209323A (enExample)

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