Published February 6, 1996 | Version v1
Patent

Assembling method for nuclear reactor fuel assembly

Description

Control rod guide tubes are inserted and assembled in to predetermined openings of a plurality of support lattices arranged in rows at predetermined distance. Sheath heaters are inserted to the guide tubes. The sheath heater comprises a plurality of heater elements therein which are connected to a temperature controller. The temperature of each portion of the sheath heater is controlled by the temperature controller. When the temperature of each portion of the guide tube is made uniform, MOX fuel rods are inserted to vacant openings of the support lattices. This changes the circumferential temperature of the guide tube, but the heat generation amount of each heater element is controlled suitably by the temperature controller. Accordingly, even if MOX fuel rods are inserted as a heat generation member, fuel assembly can be assembled with no assembling errors. (I.N.)

Availability note (English)

Available from JAPIO. Also available from EPO.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C21/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C21/00.
Patent number
JP patent document 8-36088/A/

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
JP patent application 6-174028.