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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Westinghouse Electric Sweden Ab, Västerås, SE;
Oleksiy Riznychenko, Västerås, SE;
Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, Västerås, SE;
Abstract
A tube grid cell () for a fuel bundle () of a nuclear reactor. The tube grid cell () having the length (L), comprises a cell housing () which has, along the longitudinal axis A, a lower section (), an upper section () and a middle section (). The middle section () is provided with two pairs of support members () and a resilient member () configured to generate a resilient force in an inward radial direction, the resilient member is arranged at essentially equal distance from the support members (), and positioned approximately (120) degrees apart from the support members seen along axis A. The upper section () and the lower section () have respectively a length Land Lalong axis A that is larger than 0.1 L and smaller than 0.3 L, and is provided with a solid housing wall, having an even thickness and no openings, indentations or protrusions.