Fuel channel for a nuclear power boiling water reactor
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Sweden AB
InventorsMats Dahlbäck, Sture Helmersson
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Abstract
A fuel channel for a nuclear power boiling water reactor is configured to include a bundle of fuel rods with nuclear fuel. The fuel channel is made of a sheet material and has a plurality of sides which have an elongated shape and which are connected to each other such that a corner with an elongated shape is formed where two adjacent sides meet. In one or more corners, the sheet materials from the two adjacent sides overlap with each other such that there is a corner region with double sheet material consisting of the overlapping sheet material from one of the two sides and the overlapping sheet material from the other of the two sides.
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A fuel channel for a nuclear power boiling water reactor, the fuel channel being configured to include a bundle of fuel rods with nuclear fuel, the fuel channel comprising:
- a sheet material and wherein the fuel channel has an elongated shape and defines a longitudinal direction;
- a plurality of sides which have an elongated shape in said longitudinal direction and which are connected to each other such that a corner with an elongated shape is formed where two adjacent sides meet;
- wherein the sides are connected to each other such that the fuel channel has as many corners as sides;
- wherein each side defines an inside, in the fuel channel, and an outside, at the outside of the fuel channel;
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- in at least one of said corners the sheet materials from the two adjacent sides overlap with each other such that there is a corner region with double sheet material consisting of the overlapping sheet material from one of the two sides and the overlapping sheet material from the other of the two sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.