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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Erhard Friedrich, Eckental, DE;
Hans-joachim Lippert, Höchstadt, DE;
Roland Rink, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Areva GmbH, Erlanger, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/04 (2006.01); G21C 3/33 (2006.01); G21C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/3305 (2013.01); G21C 5/06 (2013.01); G21Y 2002/302 (2013.01); G21Y 2004/301 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel assembly of a boiling water reactor contains a fuel assembly base closed at the top by a filter plate, a fuel assembly head, and, disposed between them, a bundle of long and medium-length fuel rods extending away from the fuel assembly base. A water channel is disposed inside the fuel rod bundle. A plurality of the medium-length fuel rods are fixed axially on a separate holding part which is connected to the upper side of the fuel assembly base.