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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
May. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376434 ; 376435 ; 376442 ; 376443 ; 376444 ; 376448 ;
Abstract
In a reactor core, there is charged a number of fuel assemblies composed of a channel box and a fuel bundle disposed therein, in which fuel rods adjacent to each other are arranged so as to provide a triangular shape and a ratio of a coolant channel cross section to a fuel cross section is set to be 1 or less.