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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376419 ; 376428 ; 376435 ; 376447 ;
Abstract
First nuclear fuel elements in which a fissionable material in which a burnable poison is incorporated is loaded and second nuclear fuel elements in which a fissionable material in which no burnable poison is incorporated is loaded are disposed in a nuclear fuel assembly. Content of the fissionable material in the first nuclear fuel element is less than about 72% of that of the fissionable material in the second nuclear fuel element adjacent to the first nuclear fuel element.