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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Yuriy Aleshin, Columbia, SC (US);
Stephen H. Green, Columbia, SC (US);
Andrew Atwood, Columbia, SC (US);
Hemant Shah, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Yuriy Aleshin, Columbia, SC (US);
Stephen H. Green, Columbia, SC (US);
Andrew Atwood, Columbia, SC (US);
Hemant Shah, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nuclear fuel rod plenum spring assembly that has a spacer affixed to the lower end of the ground torsion spring. The spacer has a substantially flat surface on its underside that presses against the upper surface of the upper fuel pellets to spread the load of the spring over the top surface of the upper most fuel pellet.