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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Matthias Dietrich, Freigericht, DE;
Michael Liebler, Heilsbronn, DE;
Hans-joachim Lippert, Höchstadt, DE;
Roland Rink, Erlangen, DE;
Jens Schäfer, Erlangen, DE;
Thomas Schubert, Soest, DE;
Matthias Dietrich, Freigericht, DE;
Michael Liebler, Heilsbronn, DE;
Hans-Joachim Lippert, Höchstadt, DE;
Roland Rink, Erlangen, DE;
Jens Schäfer, Erlangen, DE;
Thomas Schubert, Soest, DE;
Areva NP, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
An assembly of the type having a water channel extending along a longitudinal axis and having an upper section of larger cross-section area than a lower section and at least one fuel rod receiving groove extending longitudinally on the outer surface of the lower section, fuel rods extending longitudinally and disposed around the water channel and fixing members for fixing at least one fuel rod to the water channel in the at least one groove below the upper section. According to one aspect of the invention, the at least one groove extends along the upper section such that a fuel rod received in fixing members is longitudinally extractable or insertable from the upper end side of the fuel assembly.