DE69632070T2 - Spalt-brut-kernreaktor - Google Patents

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DE69632070T2
DE69632070T2 DE69632070T DE69632070T DE69632070T2 DE 69632070 T2 DE69632070 T2 DE 69632070T2 DE 69632070 T DE69632070 T DE 69632070T DE 69632070 T DE69632070 T DE 69632070T DE 69632070 T2 DE69632070 T2 DE 69632070T2
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    • 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
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