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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Michael E. Conner, Elgin, SC (US);
Thanh H. Do, Columbia, SC (US);
Caroline K. Duncan, Columbia, SC (US);
Robert A. Brewster, Mars, PA (US);
Artem Aleshin, Columbia, SC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A debris filter bottom nozzle for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly. The nozzle comprising venturi-shaped flow passages within a plate body. At least one flow passage has a filter therein, with the uppermost and lowermost ends of the filter being situated between the upper and lower ends of the flow passage. The plate body, the flow passages, and each filter are co-formed as a single piece unitary body. The co-forming may be via additive manufacturing.