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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Russell Morgan Fawcett, Atkinson, NC (US);
Randy Peter Gonzales, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell Patrick Higgins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert Bryant James, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Thomas Kiernan, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, Ii, Wilmington, NC (US);
Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Grey Smith, Leland, NC (US);
Russell Edward Stachowski, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell Morgan Fawcett, Atkinson, NC (US);
Randy Peter Gonzales, Wilmington, NC (US);
Russell Patrick Higgins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert Bryant James, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Thomas Kiernan, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, II, Wilmington, NC (US);
Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Grey Smith, Leland, NC (US);
Russell Edward Stachowski, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rod assembly for a fuel bundle of a nuclear reactor may include an upper end piece, lower end piece and a plurality of rod segments attached between the upper and lower end pieces and to each other so as to form an axial length of the rod assembly. The rod assembly may include an adaptor subassembly provided at given connection points for connecting adjacent rod segments or a given rod segment with one of the upper and lower end pieces. The connection points along the axial length of the rod assembly may be located where the rod assembly contacts a spacer in the fuel bundle. One (or more) of the rod segments may include an irradiation target therein for producing a desired isotope when a fuel bundle containing one (or more) rod assemblies is irradiated in a core of the reactor.