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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
Framatome, Courbevoie, FR;
Dirk Blavius, Erlangen, DE;
Shawn Heath, Eggolsheim, DE;
Szilard Kovacs, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Kunz, Weisendorf, DE;
Jens Schaefer, Erlangen, DE;
Volker Schoß, Weisendorf, DE;
James Dennis Tolar, Richland, WA (US);
FRAMATOME, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A BWR fuel assembly is elongated along a fuel assembly axis and comprises a lower tie plate, an upper tie plate axially spaced from the lower tie plate, a bundle of fuel rods extending axially between the lower tie plate and the upper tie plate, and a tubular fuel channel extending from the lower tie plate to the upper tie plate with encasing the fuel rods. The fuel assembly comprises an interaction device mounted on the lower tie plate and configured to interact with the fuel channel. The interaction device has an inactive configuration and an active configuration.