Nuclear fuel subassemblies and combinations thereof
Abstract
Abstract IN A FUEL SUBASSEMBLY FOR USE IN NUCLEAR REACTORS, A SUPPORT MEMEBER WHICH INCLUDES THREE ORMORE ELONGATED WEBS, EACH HAVING ONE OF ITS LONGITUDINAL EDGES JOINED WITH A COMMON NEXUS FROM WHICH THE SEVERAL WEBS RADIATE IN AN ANGULARLY SPACED ARRAY, AND FUEL RODS ATTACHED TO THE CENTRAL SUPPORT MEMBER WITHIN THE THUSDEFINED ANGULAR SPACED IN OPEN LATERAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE SUBASSEMBLY. GROUPS OF SUCH SUBASSEMBLIES IN WHICH WEBS IN DIFFERENT BUT ADJOINING CENTRAL SUPPORT MEMBERS ARE DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER ALONG THEIR OUTER LONGITUDINAL EDGES, AND WEBS ON A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT CENTRAL SUPPORTS DEFINE CELLS CONTAINING FUEL RODS, THEREBY MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF NEUTRON-ABSORBING STRUCTURAL MATERIAL REQUIRED IN EACH SUBASSEMBLY.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Paul L Van Dievoet
- 👤 Jean George Dewandeleer
- 👤 Robert Odon Charles
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