Fuel assembly
Patent
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OSTI ID:6694844
The object of the invention is a nuclear reactor fuel assembly including fuel elements arranged in a supporting frame comprising two endpieces, the upper and the lower respectively, to which are attached the ends of a plurality of vertical tubes, each endpiece including a plane base in which are arranged two series of orifices for retaining the tubes and for the flow of the cooling fluid. In accordance with the invention the base of each endpiece is joined side by side with an inner plate equipped with the same series of orifices for retaining the tubes and for the flow of the fluid, and the orifices have an oblong cross-section and are equipped with parts for attachment which cooperate with corresponding parts for attachment of the said tubes by transverse displacement of the inner plate.
- Assignee:
- Framatome (France)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4420457
- OSTI ID:
- 6694844
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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