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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W Danielson, Aptos, CA (US);
Robert B Elkins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Thomas G Dunlap, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376444 ; 376352 ; 376313 ;
Abstract
In a nuclear fuel rod assembly including a plurality of fuel rods and at least one water rod held together in a bundle, and wherein end plugs at the lower ends of the fuel rods and the at least one water rod engage a lower tie plate, an improvement wherein the end plug at the lower end of the at least one water rod is hollow and includes a multi-diameter flow metering bore for regulating coolant flow into the water rod.