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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael E. Cohen, Seattle, WA (US);
Pavel Hejzlar, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher J. Johns, Tacoma, WA (US);
Brian C. Johnson, Renton, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip Schloss, Seattle, WA (US);
Bao H. Truong, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jay R. Tandy, Richland, WA (US);
Mark R. Werner, Bellevue, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A duct for a nuclear fuel assembly includes a tubular body and an elongated member. The tubular body has a sidewall with an inner face and an outer face and is configured to contain nuclear fuel within a fuel region. The elongated member extends from the outer face along at least a portion of the fuel region and has a contact surface configured to stabilize the duct during operation of the nuclear fuel assembly.