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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bo Fredin, Vaster.ang.s, SE;
Assignee:
AB Asea-Atom, Vaster.ang.s, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376444 ; 376434 ; 376908 ;
Abstract
Fuel assembly having square cross-section and a plurality of tube elements (7,8) arranged in a square reactor lattice, at least one of said tube elements being water tubes (8) and a predominant number being fuel rods (7). Each fuel channel wall has a hollow projection (9) lying in a vertical mid-plane. The number of tube elements between two projections (9) lying in the same mid-plane is smaller than nine and greater than two. A plurality of rows of nine tube elements (7, 8) are arranged in parallel with each of the mid-planes.