GB1204657A - Spacer grid for nuclear reactor fuel element assembly - Google Patents

Spacer grid for nuclear reactor fuel element assembly

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Publication number
GB1204657A
GB1204657A GB30797/69A GB3079769A GB1204657A GB 1204657 A GB1204657 A GB 1204657A GB 30797/69 A GB30797/69 A GB 30797/69A GB 3079769 A GB3079769 A GB 3079769A GB 1204657 A GB1204657 A GB 1204657A
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Prior art keywords
sheet metal
fuel element
ribbon
bosses
projections
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GB30797/69A
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English (en)
Inventor
Jacques Delafosse
Jean-Luc Viaud
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Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique CEA
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    • 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
    • G21C3/34—Spacer grids
    • G21C3/356—Spacer grids being provided with fuel element supporting members
    • G21C3/3563—Supporting members formed only by deformations in the strips
    • 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)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
  • Gasket Seals (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
GB30797/69A 1968-07-02 1969-06-18 Spacer grid for nuclear reactor fuel element assembly Expired GB1204657A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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FR157536 1968-07-02

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GB1204657A true GB1204657A (en) 1970-09-09

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US (1) US3674637A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5037357B1 (enExample)
BE (1) BE734559A (enExample)
CA (1) CA920725A (enExample)
CH (1) CH509643A (enExample)
ES (1) ES368995A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR1584335A (enExample)
GB (1) GB1204657A (enExample)
IL (1) IL32451A (enExample)
LU (1) LU58951A1 (enExample)
NL (1) NL163655C (enExample)
RO (1) RO55819A (enExample)
SE (1) SE341738B (enExample)

Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3791466A (en) * 1969-05-19 1974-02-12 Westinghouse Electric Corp Low parasitic capture fuel assembly structure
US4135972A (en) * 1976-03-29 1979-01-23 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Nuclear reactor spacer assembly
DE2827927A1 (de) * 1977-07-07 1979-01-25 Commissariat Energie Atomique Abstandshaltergitter
US7149273B2 (en) * 2004-11-16 2006-12-12 Westinghouse Electric Co Llc Method of fabricating a nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid

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FR2088009B1 (enExample) * 1970-05-06 1973-11-16 Commissariat Energie Atomique
BE785939A (fr) * 1971-07-07 1973-01-08 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Perfectionnements aux elements combustibles de reacteurs nucleaires
DE2350700C3 (de) * 1973-10-09 1978-06-08 Kraftwerk Union Ag, 4330 Muelheim Brennelementskelett
US4059483A (en) * 1975-12-05 1977-11-22 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Nuclear fuel assembly seismic amplitude limiter
US4058436A (en) * 1975-12-05 1977-11-15 Combustion Engineering Inc. Nuclear reactor seismic fuel assembly grid
US4175003A (en) * 1976-12-23 1979-11-20 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Grid for nuclear reactor fuel assemblies
FR2390804A1 (fr) * 1977-05-13 1978-12-08 Commissariat Energie Atomique Assemblage de combustible nucleaire
US4268356A (en) * 1978-07-14 1981-05-19 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid
US4388269A (en) * 1980-11-21 1983-06-14 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Spacer grid corner gusset
JPH0627275A (ja) * 1992-07-10 1994-02-04 Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co Ltd 燃料集合体の支持格子
US7028765B2 (en) * 2003-11-25 2006-04-18 Trico Non-Ferrous Metal Products, Inc. Heat exchanger tube support
US20130301791A1 (en) * 2012-04-17 2013-11-14 Babcock & Wilcox Mpower Inc Pulse arc welding of spacer grids to guide tubes
US10759007B2 (en) 2013-03-14 2020-09-01 Bwxt Mpower, Inc. Spacer grid welding fixture
US10818402B2 (en) 2017-03-31 2020-10-27 Westinghouse Electric Company Llc Spacer grid using tubular cells with mixing vanes
US11724830B2 (en) 2019-09-20 2023-08-15 Bwxt Nuclear Energy, Inc. Plenum plate standoff spools for separating a pair of plenum plates in a nuclear reactor

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FR1480965A (enExample) * 1965-05-25 1967-08-09
US3366546A (en) * 1965-12-02 1968-01-30 Combustion Eng Nuclear reactor

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3791466A (en) * 1969-05-19 1974-02-12 Westinghouse Electric Corp Low parasitic capture fuel assembly structure
US4135972A (en) * 1976-03-29 1979-01-23 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Nuclear reactor spacer assembly
DE2827927A1 (de) * 1977-07-07 1979-01-25 Commissariat Energie Atomique Abstandshaltergitter
US7149273B2 (en) * 2004-11-16 2006-12-12 Westinghouse Electric Co Llc Method of fabricating a nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid

Also Published As

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IL32451A (en) 1972-04-27
CH509643A (fr) 1971-06-30
US3674637A (en) 1972-07-04
FR1584335A (enExample) 1969-12-19
IL32451A0 (en) 1969-09-25
SE341738B (enExample) 1972-01-10
RO55819A (enExample) 1973-11-20
DE1933319B2 (de) 1972-01-20
BE734559A (enExample) 1969-11-17
NL6909716A (enExample) 1970-01-06
LU58951A1 (enExample) 1969-11-12
NL163655C (nl) 1980-09-15
ES368995A1 (es) 1972-03-16
DE1933319A1 (de) 1970-04-09
JPS5037357B1 (enExample) 1975-12-02
NL163655B (nl) 1980-04-15
CA920725A (en) 1973-02-06

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
435 Patent endorsed 'licences of right' on the date specified (sect. 35/1949)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee