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Spacer assembly retainer arrangement. [PWR; BWR]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5854161
A nuclear reactor fuel assembly is designed to maintain its structural integrity during all phases of reactor operation. Spacer assemblies, containing a plurality of rectangular slotted plates intersecting and interlocking in egg-crate fashion, laterally maintain the fuel elements and guide tubes in a spaced array. Spacer assembly movement is restrained by collars mechanically fixed to guide tube sleeves at each spacer assembly location.
Assignee:
Babcock and Wilcox Co The
Patent Number(s):
US 4294660
OSTI ID:
5854161
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English