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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Russell P. Higgins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventor:
Russell P. Higgins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUELS—AMERICAS, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/28 (2006.01); G21C 3/30 (2006.01); G21C 3/33 (2006.01); G21C 3/332 (2006.01); G21C 3/334 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/30 (2013.01); G21C 3/331 (2013.01); G21C 3/332 (2013.01); G21C 3/334 (2013.01); G21C 3/3305 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01); Y10T 24/44932 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A fuel assembly may include a channel nosepiece; a lower tie plate positioned above the channel nosepiece; and at least one bundle retention clip connected to the channel nosepiece and the lower tie plate and configured to resist movement of the lower tie plate away from the channel nosepiece.