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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Artem Aleshin, Columbia, SC (US);
David S. Huegel, Blythewood, SC (US);
William Cleary, Irmo, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/32 (2006.01); G21C 19/307 (2006.01); G21C 3/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/3206 (2013.01); G21C 3/3305 (2013.01); G21C 19/307 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A base portion for use in a bottom nozzle of a fuel assembly in a nuclear reactor includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of vertical wall portions arranged in a generally squared grid-like pattern which extend between the bottom surface and the top surface and which define a plurality of non-circular passages passing between the bottom surface and the top surface through the base portion.