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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Olov Nylund, Västerås, SE;
Assignee:
ABB Atom AB, Vasteras, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 3/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 3/32 ;
Abstract
A fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor comprising at least one rotary cell (,) which has fuel rods (,) arranged in a number of concentric rings with a substantially circular shape, and a steam conducting channel (,) arranged in the centre of the concentric rings through which steam flows upwards through the fuel assembly. At least certain of the fuel rods in the rings are arranged such that their upper ends are displaced in relation to their lower ends in the tangential direction such that water and steam are brought to rotate around the steam conducting channel.