ES379312A1 - A combustible set for a nuclear reactor. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

A combustible set for a nuclear reactor. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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ES379312A1
ES379312A1 ES379312A ES379312A ES379312A1 ES 379312 A1 ES379312 A1 ES 379312A1 ES 379312 A ES379312 A ES 379312A ES 379312 A ES379312 A ES 379312A ES 379312 A1 ES379312 A1 ES 379312A1
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grid
members
tubular members
tubular
sleeves
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Expired
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ES379312A
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Spanish (es)
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Publication of ES379312A1 publication Critical patent/ES379312A1/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C5/00—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator
    • G21C5/02—Details
    • G21C5/06—Means for locating or supporting fuel elements
    • 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
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • 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
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G21C3/33—Supporting or hanging of elements in the bundle; Means forming part of the bundle for inserting it into, or removing it from, the core; Means for coupling adjacent bundles
    • G21C3/332—Supports for spacer grids
    • 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

Abstract

A fuel assembly comprises an array of parallel elongated fuel elements, a plurality of elongate hollow tubular members containing control elements strategically located among the fuel elements and composed of a low neutron capture metal, e.g. Zircaloy, and grid members longitudinally spaced along the tubular members and composed of a metal, e.g. stainless steel, different from that of the tubular members, with retaining members engaging the tubular members at the grid openings, and means formed integrally with the grid, tubular or retaining members co-operating with the other members to retain the tubular members in position in the grid members. As shown in Fig. 6, each intermediate grid member is retained in position by means of two stainless steel sleeves 44a, 44b surrounding each of the tubular members 18 in the openings 32 in the grid structure. The sleeves 44a, 44b are brazed to the grid straps 30. Protrusions 46 in the tubular member 18 engage the sleeves 44a, 44b immediately above and below the sleeves, thereby retaining the grid in position. In another construction (Fig. 7) a tab extension 48 on a grid strap 30 is captured by a spot weld between the Zircaloy tube 18 and a Zircaloy clip 50, the latter being spot-welded to the tube 18 above the tab. The clip 50 is stamped to provide a base which fits through a hole punched in the tab 48, the base being spot-welded to the tube 18. The upper end structure or nozzle (12) of the fuel assembly (Fig. 1, not shown) includes an upstanding flange (17) to which leaf-springs (19) are clamped. The springs co-operate with a coreplate (not shown) to permit expansion of the fuel assembly, but prevent the assembly from being moved upwardly by hydraulic forces. Dowel pins (not shown) extend into diagonally disposed openings (25) in the flange to provide lateral support for the fuel assembly.
ES379312A 1969-05-19 1970-05-05 A combustible set for a nuclear reactor. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) Expired ES379312A1 (en)

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US82588969A 1969-05-19 1969-05-19

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AT (1) AT310312B (en)
BE (1) BE750552A (en)
CH (1) CH515585A (en)
DE (1) DE2023587C3 (en)
ES (1) ES379312A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2049108B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1238143A (en)
NL (1) NL171106C (en)
SE (1) SE343708B (en)

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FR2397042A1 (en) * 1977-07-07 1979-02-02 Commissariat Energie Atomique SPACING GRID FOR A BUNDLE OF COMBUSTIBLE PENCILS IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR ASSEMBLY
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DE3504522A1 (en) * 1985-02-09 1986-08-14 Brown Boveri Reaktor GmbH, 6800 Mannheim Method and device for ultrasonically testing for incipient cracks slotted screws turned into a top fitting of a nuclear reactor fuel element
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DE2023587C3 (en) 1979-04-12
NL171106C (en) 1983-02-01
AT310312B (en) 1973-09-25
DE2023587B2 (en) 1978-08-03
NL7007054A (en) 1970-11-23
GB1238143A (en) 1971-07-07
SE343708B (en) 1972-03-13
BE750552A (en) 1970-11-19
CH515585A (en) 1971-11-15
FR2049108A1 (en) 1971-03-26
FR2049108B1 (en) 1974-03-01
DE2023587A1 (en) 1970-11-26
NL171106B (en) 1982-09-01
AU1390370A (en) 1971-10-21

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