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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Cenk Guler, Irwin, PA (US);
Yixing Sung, Monroeville, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A variable diameter fuel rod of a nuclear reactor assembly is disclosed. The variable diameter fuel rod includes an elongated cladding tube configured to house a plurality of fuel pellets including a fissile material arranged in a fuel stack orientation. The elongated cladding tube includes first and second axial reflector regions and a middle axial region therebetween. The middle axial region comprises an outer diameter defined as d. The first and second axial reflector regions include an outer cladding diameter defined as dand d, respectively. The variable diameter fuel rod further includes a transitional region between the diameter dof the middle axial region and the diameter dof the axial reflector region. The diameter dof the axial reflector region is greater than the diameter dof the middle axial region.