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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald C Schluderberg, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376427 ; 376348 ; 376434 ; 376453 ; 376454 ;
Abstract
An integral nuclear fuel element assembly utilizes longitudinally finned fuel pins. The continuous or interrupted fins of the fuel pins are brazed to fins of juxtaposed fuel pins or directly to the juxtaposed fuel pins or both. The integrally brazed fuel assembly is designed to satisfy the thermal and hydraulic requirements of a fuel assembly lattice having moderator to fuel atom ratios required to achieve high conversion and breeding ratios.