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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Mason Dennis Makovicka, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Thomas Kiernan, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventors:
Mason Dennis Makovicka, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Thomas Kiernan, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor, a plurality of nuclear fuel rods and at least one fuel rod spacer assembly supporting the fuel rods in an organized array. The fuel rod spacer assembly includes a guide at a leading edge of the fuel rod spacer assembly. The guide is angled towards the fuel rod for directing debris to open passages in the fuel rod spacer assembly.