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Dietmar Wolfram

Peter Rudling

Clas-Goran Wiktor

Mahdi Majed

Anders Micko

Ingmar Andersson

A fuel assembly (,) comprising a plurality of elongated elements (,) filled with nuclear fuel and at least one component (,) for retaining the elongated elements (,), wherein the retaining component (,) is completely or partly made of a ceramic material.

Fuel assembly comprising a component for retaining elongated elements

Fuel assembly and spacer for a nuclear reactor

The invention relates to a fuel assembly (1) and a spacer (7) for a nuclear reactor wherein the spacer comprises a plurality of cells (9) for retaining and mutually fixing parallel elongated elements (3, 8) extending through the cells to form a bundle in the fuel assembly. The cells are tubular and internally provided with four elongated, non-independently resilient supports (10), formed in the sleeve material, or with two elongated, non-independently resilient supports (10), formed in the sleeve material, and two independently resilient supports (16), wherein the supports are intended to provide an all-sided positioning of the elongated element. (FIG. 2)

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Dietmar Wolfram