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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Jolly, Freckleton, Nr. Preston, GB;
Assignee:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376442 ; 376438 ;
Abstract
A bracing grid (27) made from joggled strip (20) and which is one of a number of similar grids supporting fuel pins (26) in a fuel sub-assembly for a nuclear reactor is characterized in having the peripheries of the grids completed by unit edge cells (21). Where the periphery of the grids accommodate sub-assembly corner posts (30) the continuity of the unit edge cells is maintained around the corner posts.