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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Vytautas J. Mickus, Mars, PA (US);
Ibrahim M. Ezzi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/08 (2006.01); G21C 7/117 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/08 (2013.01); G21C 7/117 (2013.01); Y02E 30/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nuclear reactor having an upper internals control rod assembly guide tube formed from upper and lower sections that are connected along a central axial region of the guide tube at an intermediate coupling. An extended control rod axial support is provided for at least some of the control rods over a finite distance within at least one of the interiors of the lower guide tube section or the upper guide tube section.