Published May 1, 1979 | Version v1
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Nuclear fuel element end fitting

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Description

A typical embodiment of the invention has an array of sockets that are welded to the intersections of the plates that form the upper and lower end fittings of a nuclear reactor fuel element. The sockets, which are generally cylindrical in shape, are oriented in directions that enable the longitudinal axes of the sockets to align with the longitudinal axes of the fuel rods that are received in the respective sockets. Detents impressed in the surfaces of the sockets engage mating grooves that are formed in the ends of the fuel rods to provide for the structural integrity of the fuel element

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl.G21C3/34.
IPC
Int. Cl.G21C3/34.
Patent number
US patent document 4,152,206/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11505693
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Descriptors DEI
FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; FUEL RODS; SPECIFICATIONS
Descriptors DEC
FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL ELEMENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS