Interlocking egg-crate type grid assembly
Abstract
Disclosed is an interlocking egg-crate hexagonal grid for supporting a nuclear fuel pin in a hexagonal array. The grid is formed from strips bent at an angle of about 120.degree. at each vertex. Over some faces of each hexagonal cell the strips are coplanar but are arranged, by stacking and interlocking, to avoid any double thickness of metal in that plane. Springs and dimples are formed in the faces of each cell to hold the fuel pin substantially centered.
- Inventors:
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- Niskayuna, NY
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Knolls Atomic Power Lab. (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 866451
- Patent Number(s):
- 4714585
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-12-0052
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- interlocking; egg-crate; type; grid; assembly; disclosed; hexagonal; supporting; nuclear; fuel; array; formed; strips; bent; angle; 120; degree; vertex; cell; coplanar; arranged; stacking; avoid; double; thickness; metal; plane; springs; dimples; hold; substantially; centered; nuclear fuel; grid assembly; interlocking egg-crate; /376/976/
Citation Formats
Kast, Steven J. Interlocking egg-crate type grid assembly. United States: N. p., 1987.
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Kast, Steven J. Interlocking egg-crate type grid assembly. United States.
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"Interlocking egg-crate type grid assembly". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/866451.
@article{osti_866451,
title = {Interlocking egg-crate type grid assembly},
author = {Kast, Steven J},
abstractNote = {Disclosed is an interlocking egg-crate hexagonal grid for supporting a nuclear fuel pin in a hexagonal array. The grid is formed from strips bent at an angle of about 120.degree. at each vertex. Over some faces of each hexagonal cell the strips are coplanar but are arranged, by stacking and interlocking, to avoid any double thickness of metal in that plane. Springs and dimples are formed in the faces of each cell to hold the fuel pin substantially centered.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {1987},
month = {1}
}
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