Published July 31, 1998 | Version v1
Patent

Fuel assembly

Description

A fuel assembly of a BWR type reactor comprises a plurality of fuel rods arranged in 9 x 9 matrix and water rods disposed between the fuel rods. The total of the cross sectional area of the water rods is determined as AW, the cross section of the fuel assembly is determined as ACH, the total of the cross section of the fuel rods is determined as Arod, and a wall thickness of the cladding tube of the fuel rod is determined as δ. The fuel assembly is constituted so that Arod/ACH and AW/ACH satisfy the following formulas. (Arod/ACH) ≤ -1.050(AW/ACH) +0.469, (Arod/ACH) ≤ (0.337δ + 0.1421)(AW/ACH) + 0.0804δ + 0.302, 0.98(0.2425δ + 0.384/(0.337δ + 1.192) ≤ (Arod/ACH) ≤ 1.02(0.2425δ + 0.384)/(0.337δ + 1.192), 0.98(0.0804δ - 0.167)/(-0.337δ - 1.192) ≤ (AW/ACH) ≤ 1.0(0.0804δ - 0.167)/(-0.337δ - 1.192). (I.N.)

Availability note (English)

Available from JAPIO. Also available from EPO.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
11 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C3/328; G21C3/326
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C3/328; G21C3/326
Patent number
JP patent document 10-197674/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
29065890
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BWR TYPE REACTORS; CROSS SECTIONS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL CANS; FUEL RODS; REACTOR CHANNELS; THICKNESS
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
JP patent application 9-270818