FAIL-FREE FUEL BUNDLE ASSEMBLY

A fuel bundle for a nuclear reactor core is provided. The fuel bundle may include a plurality of rods comprised of nuclear fuel rods and/or isotop e production rods. Each rod includes a plurality of interconnected rod segments, wherein at least two of the rod segments of at least one rod have differ...

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Hauptverfasser:	CLARK, CARLTON WAYNE, SMITH, DAVID GREY, FULLER, JOHN D, JAMES, ROBERT BRYANT, RUSSELL, WILLIAM EARL, II, TROSMAN, LUKAS, MONETTA, CHRISTOPHER J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR REACTORS PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:	A fuel bundle for a nuclear reactor core is provided. The fuel bundle may include a plurality of rods comprised of nuclear fuel rods and/or isotop e production rods. Each rod includes a plurality of interconnected rod segments, wherein at least two of the rod segments of at least one rod have different outside diameters. The fuel bundle may additionally include a plurality of rod spacer grids securely retained between axially adjacent, interconnected rod segments. The rod spacer grids interconnected between axially adjacent rod segments form an array of substantially equally spaced rods. The fuel bundle may further include an elongate tubular channel in which the arrayed rods are housed.