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US 10,706,972 B2Granted
Fuel bundle for a liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor
AssigneeGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
InventorsBrian S. Triplett, Eric P. Loewen, Brett J. Dooies, Scott L. Pfeffer
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the fuel bundle for a liquid metal cooled reactor includes a channel, a nose assembly secured to a lower end of the channel, and a plurality of fuel rods disposed within the channel. At least one of the fuel rods has at least one guard ring surround the fuel rod and spacing the fuel rod from adjacent fuel rods.
Claims11
A fuel bundle for a liquid metal cooled reactor, comprising:
- a channel with walls;
- a nose assembly secured to a lower end of the channel;
- a plurality of fuel rods disposed within the channel, at least one first fuel rod, of the plurality of fuel rods, is a wrapped rod, the wrapped rod being helically wrapped with one or more wires,
- wherein each of the fuel rods, of the plurality of fuel rods, that are directly adjacent to the at least one first fuel rod, are unwrapped rods.
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