Space for a fuel assembly of a nuclear power station

A spacer for a fuel assembly of a nuclear power station, comprising:

• webs disposed in a grid defining intersection locations, each of said webs having an assembly gap receiving an intersecting web at one of said intersection locations;
• each assembly gap of each web including:
• at least one of first regions having a metallurgical connection of two webs in said intersection location of two webs, each of said first regions having an entire length and closed virtually along said entire length by said metallurgical connection;
• and
• at least one of second regions in said intersection location of two webs through which part of another web passes, said second regions having a width sufficient to prevent two webs from touching, said another web passing only said first regions and said second regions of said assembly gap.

A spacer for a fuel assembly of a nuclear power station, comprising:

• two mutually parallel first outer strips;
• two mutually parallel second outer strips perpendicularly to said first outer strips;
• first webs standing on edge, parallel to said first outer strips and having ends each engaging into and fixed to a respective one of said outer strips;
• second webs standing on edge, parallel to said second outer strips, intersecting said first webs and having ends each engaging into and fixed to a respective one of said outer strips;
• said first webs each having an upper edge and a lower edge, said upper edges running from one of said outer strips to another of said outer strips and each having an assembly gap at an intersection location with a respective one of said second webs, said assembly gap directed toward said lower edge and receiving part of an intersecting one of said second webs;
• said second webs each having an upper edge and a lower edge, said lower edges each having an assembly gap at an intersection location with a respective one of said first webs, said assembly gap directed toward said upper edge and receiving part of an intersecting one of said first webs;
• each of said assembly gaps having at least one of first gap regions and at least one of second gap regions, each of said first gap regions having an entire length and closed virtually along said entire length by a metallurgical connection of one web with an intersecting web;
• part of said intersecting web passing through each of said second gap regions;
• and
• one of said first gap regions located at one of said edges and each of said second gap regions wide enough to prevent two of said webs from touching.