GB1065465A - Nuclear fuel element - Google Patents

Nuclear fuel element

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Publication number
GB1065465A
GB1065465A GB42856/65A GB4285665A GB1065465A GB 1065465 A GB1065465 A GB 1065465A GB 42856/65 A GB42856/65 A GB 42856/65A GB 4285665 A GB4285665 A GB 4285665A GB 1065465 A GB1065465 A GB 1065465A
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Prior art keywords
cans
fuel
ducts
pencils
protective jacket
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GB42856/65A
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Maurice Gauthron
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique CEA
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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
    • G21C3/02Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04Constructional details
    • G21C3/06Casings; Jackets
    • G21C3/08Casings; Jackets provided with external means to promote heat-transfer, e.g. fins, baffles
    • 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
    • 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)
  • Solid Fuels And Fuel-Associated Substances (AREA)
  • Spray-Type Burners (AREA)

Abstract

1,065,465. Fuel elements. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. Oct. 8, 1965 [Nov. 5, 1964], No. 42856/65. Heading G6C. A fuel element comprises fuel pencils of circular cross-section disposed in parallel relationship to one another, each pencil being enclosed within a can and all of the canned pencils being within a protective jacket, the cans abutting one another and peripheral cans abutting the inner wall of the protective jacket to maintain the parallel relationship of the pencils, a grid provided adjacent one end of the cans to restrain the cans against axial movement, and ducts of circular cross-section between the cans for the flow of a coolant, the ducts being formed by parts of the outer contours of adjacent cans. The can of each fuel pencil is of Zr, Be or Mg and has a polygonal profile in cross-section, some of the sides of the polygon being concave so as to form the circular ducts. The outer annular protective jacket may be of Zr. The ducts have a helical groove formed in their surface so as to impart a gyratory movement to the flow of coolant. The fuel pencils are supported at their lower ends within the outer annular protective jacket by means of an end grid comprising bearing collars each of which surrounds a fuel pencil can. The lower end of each can may be of smaller external dimensions than the main body of the can. The outer dimensions of each bearing collar are such that the collar does not project beyond the root of the helical groove.
GB42856/65A 1964-11-05 1965-10-08 Nuclear fuel element Expired GB1065465A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR993949A FR1422213A (en) 1964-11-05 1964-11-05 fuel element

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GB1065465A true GB1065465A (en) 1967-04-12

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BE (1) BE670487A (en)
CH (1) CH444981A (en)
ES (1) ES319111A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1422213A (en)
GB (1) GB1065465A (en)
LU (1) LU49750A1 (en)
NL (1) NL6514194A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2509896A1 (en) * 1981-07-20 1983-01-21 Interatom SINK CABIN WITH SPACES FOR QUICK SURGERY
WO2010021565A1 (en) * 2008-08-04 2010-02-25 Открытое Акционерное Общество "Машиностроительный Зaвoд" Support grid for the fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2574579B1 (en) * 1984-12-06 1987-02-13 Fragema Framatome & Cogema FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2509896A1 (en) * 1981-07-20 1983-01-21 Interatom SINK CABIN WITH SPACES FOR QUICK SURGERY
WO2010021565A1 (en) * 2008-08-04 2010-02-25 Открытое Акционерное Общество "Машиностроительный Зaвoд" Support grid for the fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor

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ES319111A1 (en) 1967-01-16
FR1422213A (en) 1965-12-24
NL6514194A (en) 1966-05-06
CH444981A (en) 1967-10-15
BE670487A (en) 1966-01-31
LU49750A1 (en) 1966-01-03

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