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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon L Osborne, West Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376446 ; 376438 ; 376441 ; 376442 ;
Abstract
Vertical and axial movement of fuel rods relative to grid spacers in a fuel bundle of a BWR or PWR nuclear reactor is prevented by use of sleeves welded to various vertical positions upon a fuel rod, whereby the sleeves have horizontally and vertically oriented windows and slots for engaging protrusions and corner springs, respectively, located in the openings for receiving fuel rods of the grid spacers.