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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1986
Frank J Baloh, Dawson, PA (US);
James A Sparrow, Plum Boro, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The leaf springs mounted in the upper nozzle of a prior art fuel assembly, which are compressed by the upper core plate to restrain the upward movement of the fuel assembly under the pressure of upwardly-flowing coolant, as dispensed with. Instead the fuel assembly is permitted to rise in a controlled manner into engagement with the upper core-support plate. The lower nozzle is provided with snubbers which engage, and exert low pressure, as required by the specifications governing a reactor, on the lower core plates when the fuel assembly is raised into engagement with the upper core plate by the force of the flowing coolant. In addition springs are provided between the pins extending from the upper and lower core plates and the walls of the holes in the upper and lower nozzles to suppress vibration under the transverse forces impressed by the flowing coolant.