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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1972
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 61 ; 176 65 ; 176 87 ;
Abstract
A nuclear power reactor has an active zone in which a plurality of fuel elements containing a large number of fuel rods are held between two grid plates. A tension device is disclosed which is provided for each fuel element and holds the same between the grid plates. The tension device includes a resilient pressure arrangement disposed between one of the grid plates and the end portion of the fuel element facing the one grid plate for holding the fuel element against the other one of the grid plates.