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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis Amaral, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Wood Brayman, 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 76 ;
Abstract
A spacer retaining element, which may be a fuel rod or water-containing rod, is provided with axially-spaced lugs, each adapted to be received in a slot in a fuel element spacer of a nuclear fuel assembly. When assembled, the lugs maintain proper axial spacing between the individual spacers and the lug-slot arrangement prevents the rod from rotating. Moreover, because the slot in the spacer can receive the lug from only one direction, the arrangement prevents the spacer from being inserted into the assembly upside down.