GB836043A - Improvements in or relating to support structures for nuclear reactor fuel elements - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to support structures for nuclear reactor fuel elements

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Publication number
GB836043A
GB836043A GB12618/57A GB1261857A GB836043A GB 836043 A GB836043 A GB 836043A GB 12618/57 A GB12618/57 A GB 12618/57A GB 1261857 A GB1261857 A GB 1261857A GB 836043 A GB836043 A GB 836043A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
tubes
fuel elements
tube
long
equispaced
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB12618/57A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
John Tatlock
John Alexander Forbes Glass
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Publication date
Priority to BE566895D priority Critical patent/BE566895A/xx
Priority to DENDAT1071856D priority patent/DE1071856B/de
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to GB12618/57A priority patent/GB836043A/en
Priority to FR1194777D priority patent/FR1194777A/fr
Publication of GB836043A publication Critical patent/GB836043A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/30—Subcritical reactors ; Experimental reactors other than swimming-pool reactors or zero-energy reactors
    • G21C1/303—Experimental or irradiation arrangements inside the reactor
    • 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
    • G21C3/34—Spacer grids
    • 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
    • G21C3/3408—Compact spacer grids, e.g. made of a plate or a blade
    • 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
    • G21C3/344—Spacer grids formed of assembled tubular elements
    • 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
    • G21C5/08—Means for preventing undesired asymmetric expansion of the complete structure ; Stretching devices, pins
    • 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)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
GB12618/57A 1957-04-17 1957-04-17 Improvements in or relating to support structures for nuclear reactor fuel elements Expired GB836043A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BE566895D BE566895A (sr) 1957-04-17
DENDAT1071856D DE1071856B (sr) 1957-04-17
GB12618/57A GB836043A (en) 1957-04-17 1957-04-17 Improvements in or relating to support structures for nuclear reactor fuel elements
FR1194777D FR1194777A (fr) 1957-04-17 1958-04-16 Structures de support des cartouches d'une pile atomique

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB12618/57A GB836043A (en) 1957-04-17 1957-04-17 Improvements in or relating to support structures for nuclear reactor fuel elements

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB836043A true GB836043A (en) 1960-06-01

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GB12618/57A Expired GB836043A (en) 1957-04-17 1957-04-17 Improvements in or relating to support structures for nuclear reactor fuel elements

Country Status (4)

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BE (1) BE566895A (sr)
DE (1) DE1071856B (sr)
FR (1) FR1194777A (sr)
GB (1) GB836043A (sr)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1295717B (de) * 1962-09-15 1969-05-22 Kernforschung Gmbh Ges Fuer Kernreaktor-Brennelement aus im Verhaeltnis zu ihrem Durchmesser langen Kernbrennstaeben und Kernreaktor-Brennelementanordnung aus diesen Brennelementen
DE1203888B (de) * 1963-08-17 1965-10-28 Kernforschung Gmbh Ges Fuer Kernreaktor-Brennelementbuendel
IT1170170B (it) * 1982-07-30 1987-06-03 Westinghouse Electric Corp Complesso di combustibile nucleare
US5313506A (en) * 1992-03-25 1994-05-17 General Electric Company Reduced pressure drop ferrule spacer

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Publication number Publication date
FR1194777A (fr) 1959-11-12
BE566895A (sr)
DE1071856B (sr)

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