Detachable connection for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly
Patent
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OSTI ID:6861865
A locking connection for releasably attaching a handling socket to the duct tube of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor. The connection comprises a load pad housing mechanically attached to the duct tube and a handling socket threadably secured within the housing. A retaining ring is interposed between the housing and the handling socket and is formed with a projection and depression engagable within a cavity and groove of the housing and handling socket, respectively, to form a detachable interlocked connection assembly.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- Application Number:
- ON: DE84011304
- OSTI ID:
- 6861865
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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