Published March 6, 1975 | Version v1
Patent

A fuel element for nuclear reactor

Creators

Description

The element comprises a spacing member such that it establishes a contact with said element at a plurality of regularly spaced points, so that the coolant can flow between said member and the fuel element and between the contact points. The spacing member can be constituted by one coiled wire or two twisted wires. That arrangement can be used for spacing the fuel element or pins of a bundle forming an assembly in the core of a nuclear reactor

Abstract (French)

L'element comporte un organe d'ecartement sous une forme qui etablit un contact avec l'element combustible en une serie de points intermittents equidistants de maniere que le fluide caloporteur puisse passer entre l'organe et l'element combustible et entre les points de contact. L'organe d'ecartement peut se composer d'un fil metallique en forme de boudin ou de deux fils metalliques torsades. Ceci est applicable a l'ecartement des elements combustibles ou aiguilles de combustible d'un faisceau constituant un assemblage d'un coeur de reacteur nucleaire

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Element combustible pour reacteurs nucleaires
Augmented title (English)
LMFBR type reactors

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21c3/12.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21c3/12.
Patent number
FR patent document 2263581/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
7269172
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
FASTENERS; FUEL PINS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; SPRINGS; WIRES
Descriptors DEC
BREEDER REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MACHINE PARTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
Available from Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle, Paris (France); priority claim: 7 Mar 1974, UK.