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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Georges Duret, Manosque, FR;
Georges Place, Aix-en-Provence, FR;
Jean Rousseau, Aix-en-Provence, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 81 ; 176 78 ;
Abstract
Each fuel pin of the cluster is fitted with a spacer element wound in a coarse-pitch helix on the external surface of the fuel can and attached to end-caps of the can. The spacer element consists of a deformable tube having a constant initial cross-section, the tube being fitted internally with a reinforcement wire which is mounted within the tube with provision for a clearance space and extends over the entire length of the tube.