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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald T Edwards, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Donald C Schluderberg, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294262 ; 294264 ; 294265 ;
Abstract
A technique is provided for engaging and disengaging burnable poison rods from the spider in a fuel assembly. The cap on the end of each of the burnable poison rods is provided with a shank that is received in the respective bore formed in the spider. A frangible flange secures the shank and rod to the spider. Pressing the shank in the direction of the bore axis ruptures the frangible flange to release the rod from the spider.