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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan J. Payne, West Columbia, SC (US);
Jeffrey M. McCarty, Cayce, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/30 (2006.01); G21C 3/356 (2006.01); G21C 3/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/3563 (2013.01); G21C 3/3315 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nuclear fuel assembly having lateral support provided by a bimetallic spring that extends from a side of the fuel assembly under certain core conditions to pressure against an adjacent component and withdraws under other core conditions, such as shutdown, to enable the nuclear fuel assembly to be aligned or withdrawn from the core and repositioned.