Nuclear reactor core clamping system

Claim 1

IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR, A CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR FUEL ELEMENTS FORMING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL REACTOR CORE COMPRISING AN UPPER CLAMPING RING ASSEMBLY, A LOWER CLAMPING BEARING SURFACE AND A PLURALITY OF CLAMPING ELEMENTS DISPOSED CIRCUMJACENT SAID CORE, EACH OF SAID CLAMPING ELEMENTS COMPRISING A GROUP OF AT LEAST TWO TORSION RODS IN PARALLEL SPACED ALIGNMENT CIRCUMJACENT SAID CORE, UPPER AND LOWER MOMENT ARM MEANS PROXIMATE EACH END OF EACH OF SAID TORSION RODS FOR CREATING TORSIONAL FORCES IN SAID RODS, SAID UPPER MOMENT ARM MEANS BEARING IN ONE ROTATIONAL DIRECTION AGAINST SAID UPPER CLAMPING RING ASSEMBLY AND SAID LOWER MOMENT ARM MEANS BEARING IN THE OPPOSITE ROTATIONAL DIRECTION AGAINST SAID LOWER CLAMPING BEARING SURFACE, AN UPPER SHOE ASSEMBLY PROXIMATE THE UPPER END OF SAID GROUP OF TORSION RODS AND PENETRATED THEREBY AND A LOWER SHOE ASSEMBLY PROXIMATE THE LOWER END OF SAID GROUP OF TORSION RODS AND PENETRATED THEREBY, SAID UPPER AND LOWER SHOE ASSEMBLIES BEARING AGINST PERIPHERY FUEL ELEMENTS OF SAID CORE.