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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Norman R. Singleton, Murrysville, PA (US);
David A. Altman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ching Yu, Murrysville, PA (US);
James A. Rex, Trafford, PA (US);
David R. Forsyth, Cheswick, PA (US);
Norman R. Singleton, Murrysville, PA (US);
David A. Altman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ching Yu, Murrysville, PA (US);
James A. Rex, Trafford, PA (US);
David R. Forsyth, Cheswick, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
In a pressurized water reactor with all of the in-core instrumentation gaining access to the core through the reactor head, each fuel assembly in which the instrumentation is introduced is aligned with an upper internals instrumentation guide-way. In the elevations above the upper internals upper support assembly, the instrumentation is protected and aligned by upper mounted instrumentation columns that are part of the instrumentation guide-way and extend from the upper support assembly towards the reactor head in hue with a corresponding head penetration. The upper mounted instrumentation columns are supported laterally at one end by an upper guide tube and at the other end by the upper support plate.