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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Cary L. Kunz, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell E. Stachowski, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell M. Fawcett, Atkinson, NC (US);
Shingo Fujimaki, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Goto, Kamakura, JP;
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Cary L. Kunz, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell E. Stachowski, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell M. Fawcett, Atkinson, NC (US);
Shingo Fujimaki, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Goto, Kamakura, JP;
Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A reactor fuel bundle includes both full-length fuel rods and part-length fuel rods. The part-length rods are clumped in two groups—a first rod group surrounds one or more water passages which are generally centrally disposed in a channel of the fuel bundle, and a second rod group is distributed about an inner perimeter wall of the channel.