Nuclear reactor fuel element with attached thermocouple

Claim 1

A FUEL ELEMENT FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR, SAID FUEL ELEMENT COMPRISING A SEALED ELONGATED CONTAINER, AN ELONGATED FUEL BODY CONTAINING FISSIONABLE MATERIAL LOCATED IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID FUEL BODY HAVING A FIRST RECESS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID FISSIONABLE MATERIAL TO ADJACENT THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID FUEL BODY AND A SECOND RECESS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID FISSIONABLE MATERIAL TO A POINT ADJACENT THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID FUEL BODY, AN INSERT OF FISSIONABLE MATERIAL IN EACH OF SAID RECESSES, SAID FISSIONABLE MATERIAL IN SAID INSERTS HAVING SIMILAR HEAT TRANSFER AND NUCLEAR CHARACTERISTICS AS SAID FISSIONABLE MATERIAL IN SAID FUEL BODY, AND A THERMOCOUPLE CARRIED AT THE INNER END OF EACH OF SAID INSERTS WITH THE JUNCTION OF SAID THERMOCOUPLE EXPOSED TO SAID FISSIONABLE MATERIALS IN SAID INSERT AND IN SAID FUEL BODY, EACH OF SAID THERMOCOUPLES BEING CONSTITUTED BY A PAIR OF WIRES WHICH EXTEND EXTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER FOR CONNECTION TO AN INDICATING UNIT FOR MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID FUEL BODY IN THE VICINITY OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND THERMOCOUPLES.