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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Daniel Reese Lutz, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Reese Lutz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Example embodiments are directed to fuel assembly components and nuclear fuel bundles including the fuel assembly components. Example embodiments of a fuel assembly component may include a cylindrical device having first and second ends and a mounting assembly on the first end of the cylindrical device configured to attach to and detach from a partial length fuel rod. Example embodiments of a nuclear fuel bundle may include an upper tie plate, a lower tie plate, at least one full-length fuel rod, at least one partial length fuel rod, and a fuel assembly component.