NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN INTERNAL REINFORCEMENT DEVICE

NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN INTERNAL REINFORCEMENT DEVICE

The nuclear fuel assembly means a group of nuclear fuel rods disposed in a substantially regular array together with a support skeleton (5), the assembly having: two nozzles; guide tubes interconnecting the nozzles; and spacer grids secured to the guide tubes for holding the rods. The assembly inclu...

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Hauptverfasser: GAUTHIER, JACQUES, BEATI, ANGELO, GENTET, GUY
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
NUCLEAR REACTORS
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:The nuclear fuel assembly means a group of nuclear fuel rods disposed in a substantially regular array together with a support skeleton (5), the assembly having: two nozzles; guide tubes interconnecting the nozzles; and spacer grids secured to the guide tubes for holding the rods. The assembly includes at least one support skeleton reinforcing device disposed between two successive spacer grids and secured to guide tubes. The reinforcing device is disposed inside the group of rods and presents a transverse extent that is smaller than the transverse extent of the array of nuclear fuel rods.