Rod-shaped components between fuel elements of boiling-water reactors
AssigneeKraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJong-Dok Kim
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Abstract
A reactor core of a boiling water nuclear reactor having core cells respectively formed of fuel elements, a rod-shaped component disposed in a space between corners of encased fuel elements of four adjacent core cells, and sleeve-like spacer members slid onto the rod-shaped component and axially spaced from one another, the spacer members having a respective eccentric portion braced successively against at least respective different ones of the fuel elements of the core cells.
Claims6
In a reactor of a boiling water nuclear reactor having core cells respectively formed of fuel elements, a rod-shaped component disposed in a space between corners of encased fuel elements of four adjacent core cells, and sleeve-like spacer members disposed on the rod-shaped component and axially spaced from one another, said spacer members having a respective eccentric portion braced successively against at least respective different ones of the fuel elements of the core cells.
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