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Spring element for holding down nuclear reactor fuel assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5776481
Spring element is described for holding down and bracing a fuel assembly against a hold-down plate upwardly limiting the reactor core of a nuclear reactor. Includes a spring-loaded rod-shaped member separately formed independently of the fuel assembly and being slidable axially and form-lockingly into the fuel assembly.
Assignee:
Kraftwerk Union Ag (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
Patent Number(s):
US 4278501
OSTI ID:
5776481
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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