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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1989
John A Rylatt, Columbia, SC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A fuel assembly has a top nozzle with improved clamps for retaining hold-down spring assemblies. Each clamp includes a clamp block formed integral with a flange of the top nozzle at each of a pair of diagonal corners thereof. Each clamp block has a pair of interconnected clamp slots formed therein. Each clamp slot is formed in the clamp block with interconnected openings at the front and outer side thereof. The front and outer side openings permit sideways insertion of the hold-down spring assembly at a base end thereof to position the spring assembly for attachment to the top nozzle. The clamp slot also provides a flat bottom surface in the clamp block for clamping the hold-down spring assembly.