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Device for supporting a fuel-pin cluster within a nuclear reactor fuel assembly wrapper

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7228171
A supporting member for an array of parallel rails each carrying one row of slidably mounted pins of a fuel clister is placed coaxially at the lower end of a vertical fuel assembly wrapper. The ends of the rails are engaged in vertical slots formed in the supporting member and are secured by locking-rods mounted in open grooves located transversely to the slots in the outer faces of the supporting member. 9 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure.
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
Patent Number(s):
US 4003787
OSTI ID:
7228171
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English