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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Suchy, Erlangen, DE;
Gunter Bruch, Nohfelden, DE;
Alexander Steinke, Ebermannstadt, DE;
Franz-Josef Bokers, Furth, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376443 ; 376439 ;
Abstract
In a fuel assembly, rods are disposed in meshes of a grid. Crossing points of the grid are distributed in a checker-board-like manner, partly in an upstream crossing plane and partly in a downstream crossing plane. Webs of the grid run in zigzag form between the two planes. As a result, flow resistance which is produced by the webs and/or by mixing vanes disposed thereon and by flow turbulences is shifted into different axial planes and is considerably reduced.