Combined support column and guide tube for use in a nuclear reactor

Patent · Tue Jun 18 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5768548

Land, J T; Hopkins, R J

This paper describes an improved internals assembly for a nuclear reactor. It comprises: an upper support plate and an upper core plate, each of which includes apertures for conducting control rod assemblies into and out of fuel assemblies, each of the apertures of the upper support plate being aligned with one of the apertures of the upper core plate, wherein the improvement comprises at least one elongated and tubular support and guide tube member whose ends are connected between mutually aligned apertures in the support and core plates for both suspending the core plate from the support plate and for receiving and guiding a control rod assembly through the pair of mutually aligned apertures.

• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5024808
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-553407
• OSTI ID: 5768548
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220200 -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Components & Accessories
220300* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Fuel Elements
DESIGN
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL RODS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR CORE RESTRAINTS
REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS
RESTRAINTS