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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leopold A Steinert, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard W Perry, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294011 ; 376272 ; 2940 / ; 294032 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for the compaction of control rod blades and fuel channels of a boiling water reactor. Upper and lower portions of a control rod blade are removed from a cruciform shaped main blade structure. Each elongate tubular fuel channel of substantially square cross section is sectioned into four substantially congruent panels. A plurality of panels are stacked into each quadrant of the main blade structure substantially parallel to the long axis thereof.