Inlet nozzle assembly

Patent · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:866201

Christiansen, David W ^[1]; Karnesky, Richard A ^[2]; Precechtel, Donald R ^[2]; Smith, Bob G ^[2]; Knight, Ronald C ^[2]

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1. Kennewick, WA
2. Richland, WA

An inlet nozzle assembly for directing coolant into the duct tube of a fuel assembly attached thereto. The nozzle assembly includes a shell for housing separable components including an orifice plate assembly, a neutron shield block, a neutron shield plug, and a diffuser block. The orifice plate assembly includes a plurality of stacked plates of differently configurated and sized openings for directing coolant therethrough in a predesigned flow pattern.

• Research Organization: WESTINGHOUSE HANFORD CO
• DOE Contract Number: AC14-76FF02170
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4654194
• OSTI ID: 866201
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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assembly
attached
attached thereto
block
components
components including
configurated
coolant
diffuser
directing
directing coolant
duct
duct tube
flow
flow pattern
fuel
fuel assembly
housing
including
inlet
inlet nozzle
neutron
neutron shield
nozzle
nozzle assembly
openings
orifice
orifice plate
pattern
plate
plate assembly
plates
plug
plurality
predesigned
separable
separable components
shell
shield
shield plug
sized
stacked
therethrough
thereto
tube