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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold Eugene Williamson, San Jose, CA (US);
Bart Alan Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 78 ; 176 43 ; 176 76 ;
Abstract
An improved means is provided to control coolant leakage between the flow channel and the lower tie plate of a nuclear fuel assembly. The means includes an opening in the lower tie plate and a movable element adjacent thereto. The coolant pressure within the tie plate biases the movable means toward the inner surface of the surrounding flow channel to compensate for any movement of the flow channel away from the lower tie plate to thereby control the leakage of coolant flow from the fuel assemblies to the spaces among the fuel assemblies of the core.