IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO RETAINING DEVICES FOR FUEL ELEMENTS IN GAS- COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS
Journal Article
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· Nuclear Power
OSTI ID:4321036
In a gas-cooled reactor with horizontal channels, the coolant pressure may be sufficient to expel the fuel elements. This design in for a retaining device for coupled strings of elements. The aluminum fuel cans are attached by circumferential wires to graphite carriers sliding in a groove in tbe channels. These carriers have a coupling hook at each end, mating with the adjacent one as each is pushed into the channel. The retaining device also has a hook which engages with the end element and it engages tbe reactor face by two cranks on pivots, locked in position by a gravity and spring biased rod. for discharging, pressure on tbe rod releases the retainer and the whole ccupled string can be withdrawn.
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-016067
- OSTI ID:
- 4321036
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Power, Journal Name: Nuclear Power Vol. 3; ISSN 0546-8981; ISSN NUPOAS
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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