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Fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6158721
A fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor comprises a plurality of fuel rods which constitute four partial bundles and are surrounded by a fuel channel system comprising one partial tube for each partial bundle. Each of the four partial bundles rests on a bottom tie plate and is positioned with respect to the others by means of a common top tie plate which is provided with a lifting loop which is sufficiently strong to be able to lift the four partial bundles simultaneously, a major part of the lifting force being transmitted to said bottom tie plates via a plurality of supporting fuel rods.
Assignee:
AB Asea-Atom (Sweden)
Patent Number(s):
US 4526744
OSTI ID:
6158721
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English