Nuclear reactor fuel assemblies and process for production
AssigneeBWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
InventorsScott J. Shargots, Gary W. Neeley, Ryan Z. Ziegler
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Abstract
A nuclear fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor core including at least one fuel cartridge having a lattice structure including an outer wall defining an interior volume, at least one flow channel extending through the interior volume of the lattice structure, at least one lattice site disposed in the interior of the lattice structure; and at least one fuel compact disposed within a corresponding one of the at least one lattice site. A cross-sectional shape of the at least one fuel compact is the same as a cross-sectional shape of the corresponding one of the at least one lattice site.
Claims22
A nuclear fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor core, comprising:
- at least one fuel cartridge comprising:
- a lattice structure including an outer wall defining an interior volume;
- at least one flow channel extending through the interior volume of the lattice structure;
- at least one lattice site disposed in the interior of the lattice structure;
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- at least one fuel compact disposed within a corresponding one of the at least one lattice site,
- wherein a cross-sectional shape of the at least one fuel compact is the same as a cross-sectional shape of the corresponding one of the at least one lattice site.
A nuclear fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor core comprising:
- at least one fuel compact comprising:
- a fuel compact cladding tube defining an interior volume, and
- a plurality of fuel pins, each fuel pin including a pin cladding tube defining an interior volume, and fissionable fuel disposed within the interior volume of the pin cladding tube,
- wherein the plurality of fuel pins is disposed within the interior volume of the fuel compact cladding tube, and the cross-sectional shape of the fuel compact is defined by the fuel compact cladding tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.