Nuclear fuel assembly with fuel rod using internal spacer element

Fuel element spacers are placed at intervals within fuel rods and/or segments in order to manipulate operating characteristics of the fuel rods and/or segments and/or decrease consequences of fretting of the fuel rod and/or segment. The intervals are adjusted so as to affect the mechanical, neutroni...

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Hauptverfasser: SMITH, DAVID GREY, RUSSELL II, WILLIAM EARL, MONETTA, CHRISTOPHER J
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Zusammenfassung:Fuel element spacers are placed at intervals within fuel rods and/or segments in order to manipulate operating characteristics of the fuel rods and/or segments and/or decrease consequences of fretting of the fuel rod and/or segment. The intervals are adjusted so as to affect the mechanical, neutronic, and/or thermal properties of the fuel rod and/or segment in a desired manner.