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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Fick, Erlanger, DE;
Klaus Knecht, Erlanger, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376463 ; 376446 ;
Abstract
In a nuclear reactor fuel assembly having a fuel rod filled with nuclear fuel retained in a gap formed in a lattice-like spacer by a spring disposed in the gap, the fuel assembly is repaired by replacing the fuel rod with a replacement rod and the replacement rod is retained in the gap of the spacer with a retaining spring.