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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Suchy, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft, Mulheim, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376438 ; 376272 ; 376442 ; 376446 ; 376447 ;
Abstract
An element for a core of a nuclear reactor, includes a square grid assembly formed of a plurality of spacers distributed over the length of the element, structural elements interconnecting the spacers, rods regularly disposed in the square grid assembly and surrounded by the spacers, including a plurality of the rods disposed at an edge of the core, and neutron-shielding material having a substantially square cross section respectively disposed in each of the plurality of rods at the edge of the core.