Spacer assembly retainer arrangement
CA 1091828 A · Owner: The Babcock & Wilcox Company · Inventors: Christiansen, David W.
Overview
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A nuclear reactor fuel assembly is, designed to maintain its structural integrity during all phases of reactor operation. Spacer assemblies containing a plurality of rectangular slotted plates intersecting and interlocking in egg-crate fashion, laterally maintain the fuel elements and guide tubes in a spaced array. Spacer assembly movement is restrained by collars mechanically fixed to guide tube sleeves at each spacer assembly location. - 1 -
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- Granted December 16, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 16, 1997.
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