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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jin Yan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peng Yuan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Zeses E. Karoutas, Lexington, SC (US);
Levie D. Smith, III, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/34 (2006.01); G21C 3/322 (2006.01); G21C 3/352 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/352 (2013.01); G21C 3/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nuclear fuel assembly grid having a torpedo-shaped mixing vane assembly supported at each intersection of the grid straps that surrounds a fuel rod support location. The torpedo-shaped stem supports mixing vanes that extend over each of the fuel rod support locations.