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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Robin D. Sprague, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael S. Defilippis, Wilmington, NC (US);
Mark O. Lenz, San Jose, CA (US);
Robin D. Sprague, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael S. Defilippis, Wilmington, NC (US);
Mark O. Lenz, San Jose, CA (US);
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for repairing and/or preventatively maintaining a jet pump restrainer assembly used in a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), the repair including attaching a bearing plate or plates to a horizontal surface of a jet pump restrainer assembly bracket, the bearing plate or plates acting to supplement and/or replace an existing contact surface between a mixer wedge and the jet pump restrainer assembly bracket of a jet pump restrainer assembly.