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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F Wilson, Murrysville Boro, PA (US);
Pratap K Doshi, Murrysville Boro, PA (US);
Samuel Cerni, Churchill Boro., PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376328 ; 376220 ; 376418 ; 376447 ; 376209 ; 376327 ;
Abstract
A non-boron moderator filled rod for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly has a tubular body with a pair of end plugs sealing the opposite ends thereof and defining a chamber within the body. A liquid moderator, such as light water, is contained witin the chamber. One of the end plugs acts as a hydride sink and a hydrogen getter sponge material is disposed adjacent the other end plug.