CA1175959A - Fuel assembly - Google Patents

Fuel assembly

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Publication number
CA1175959A
CA1175959A CA000389368A CA389368A CA1175959A CA 1175959 A CA1175959 A CA 1175959A CA 000389368 A CA000389368 A CA 000389368A CA 389368 A CA389368 A CA 389368A CA 1175959 A CA1175959 A CA 1175959A
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Prior art keywords
fuel
quadratic
lattice
fuel rod
positions
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Expired
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CA000389368A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Sture Helmersson
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Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB
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ASEA Atom AB
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G21NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21CNUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • GPHYSICS
    • G21NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21CNUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G21C3/326Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements comprising fuel elements of different composition; comprising, in addition to the fuel elements, other pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped elements, e.g. control rods, grid support rods, fertile rods, poison rods or dummy rods
    • G21C3/328Relative disposition of the elements in the bundle lattice
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30Nuclear 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)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Stackable Containers (AREA)
CA000389368A 1980-11-05 1981-11-04 Fuel assembly Expired CA1175959A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SE8007756-3 1980-11-05
SE8007756A SE423760B (sv) 1980-11-05 1980-11-05 Kernbrenslepatron

Publications (1)

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CA1175959A true CA1175959A (en) 1984-10-09

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CA000389368A Expired CA1175959A (en) 1980-11-05 1981-11-04 Fuel assembly

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US4585614A (en, 2012)
JP (1) JPS57106896A (en, 2012)
CA (1) CA1175959A (en, 2012)
DE (1) DE3142300A1 (en, 2012)
SE (1) SE423760B (en, 2012)

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SE433986B (sv) * 1982-07-12 1984-06-25 Asea Atom Ab Kernbrenslepatron
SE454822B (sv) * 1986-04-29 1988-05-30 Asea Atom Ab Kernbrenslepatron till en kernreaktor
DE3834611C3 (de) * 1987-10-13 1998-02-12 Toshiba Kawasaki Kk Brennstoffanordnung für einen Kernreaktor
JPH0636046B2 (ja) * 1988-06-08 1994-05-11 株式会社日立製作所 燃料集合体,燃料スペーサ及び原子炉の初装荷炉心
SE467899B (sv) * 1991-02-05 1992-09-28 Asea Atom Ab Braenslepatron foer en kaernreaktor av tryckvattentyp
US5345486A (en) * 1993-01-25 1994-09-06 General Electric Company Fuel bundle with improved resistance to bulge and improved critical power performance
SE509238C2 (sv) * 1993-07-05 1998-12-21 Asea Atom Ab Reaktorhärd
US5488644A (en) * 1994-07-13 1996-01-30 General Electric Company Spring assemblies for adjoining nuclear fuel rod containing ferrules and a spacer formed of the spring assemblies and ferrules
US5555281A (en) * 1994-09-30 1996-09-10 Siemens Power Corporation Triangular lattice for LWR square fuel assemblies
US5519747A (en) * 1994-10-04 1996-05-21 General Electric Company Apparatus and methods for fabricating spacers for a nuclear fuel rod bundle
US5519746A (en) * 1994-11-28 1996-05-21 General Electric Company Large BWR fuel channel design
US5546437A (en) * 1995-01-11 1996-08-13 General Electric Company Spacer for nuclear fuel rods
US5566217A (en) * 1995-01-30 1996-10-15 General Electric Company Reduced height spacer for nuclear fuel rods
US5675621A (en) * 1995-08-17 1997-10-07 General Electric Company Reduced height flat spring spacer for nuclear fuel rods
SE508106C2 (sv) * 1996-12-20 1998-08-31 Asea Atom Ab Bränslepatron för kokarvattenreaktor innefattande en rotationscell samt en i denna anordnad ångledningskanal
US6934350B1 (en) 1998-02-17 2005-08-23 General Electric Company Core configuration for a nuclear reactor
US6097779A (en) * 1998-02-17 2000-08-01 General Electric Company Fuel bundle and control rod assembly for a nuclear reactor
EP1087406A1 (de) 1999-09-24 2001-03-28 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Brennelement mit Brennstäben für einen Siedewasserreaktor
US6813327B1 (en) 2000-10-19 2004-11-02 General Electric Company Core support for an F-lattice core of a boiling water nuclear reactor
ES2429118T3 (es) * 2009-09-30 2013-11-13 Areva Np Módulo para formar conjuntos de combustible nuclear y conjuntos de combustible nuclear formados de una pluralidad de dichos módulos
EP2339589A1 (en) * 2009-12-25 2011-06-29 Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co., Ltd. Fuel assembly

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DE1060507B (de) * 1958-09-12 1959-07-02 Siemens Ag Kernbrennstoffelement
US3104218A (en) * 1958-10-01 1963-09-17 Gen Dynamics Corp Pressure tube structure
US3389056A (en) * 1964-07-09 1968-06-18 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fuel assemblies
SE378930B (en, 2012) * 1973-12-20 1975-09-15 Asea Atom Ab
JPS524986A (en) * 1975-07-02 1977-01-14 Hitachi Ltd Pressure tube type reactor
JPS5340187A (en) * 1976-09-24 1978-04-12 Power Reactor & Nuclear Fuel Dev Corp Fuel assembly of reactor
GB1528267A (en) * 1976-11-19 1978-10-11 Iner Aec Fuel bundles in heavy water and light water nuclear reactors
SE420545B (sv) * 1979-07-03 1981-10-12 Asea Atom Ab Brenslepatron for en kokarreaktor

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JPS57106896A (en) 1982-07-02
SE423760B (sv) 1982-05-24
SE8007756L (en, 2012) 1982-05-06
DE3142300C2 (en, 2012) 1989-12-07
US4585614A (en) 1986-04-29
JPH0225473B2 (en, 2012) 1990-06-04
DE3142300A1 (de) 1982-06-16

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