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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
May. 21, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan W Fanning, San Jose, CA (US);
William G Jameson, Jr, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor E Hazel, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376441 ; 376444 ;
Abstract
A fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor including a plurality of fuel rods held in spaced, parallel position between upper and lower tie plates and retained in lateral position by intermediate spacers and having a water tube in lieu of a fuel element in one or more of the rod positions, the water tubes having an outside diameter greater than that of the fuel rods and the spacer springs in the spacer cells of the water tubes being modified to accommodate the larger diameter of the water tubes.