Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spacer grid for close-spaced nuclear fuel rods
- Patent Title (中): 隔间核燃料棒的间隔栅格
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Application No.: US12146493Application Date: 2008-06-26
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Publication No.: US08243872B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Kang-Hee Lee , Hyung-Kyu Kim , Kyung-Ho Yoon , Young-Ho Lee , Jae-Yong Kim , Tae-Hyun Chun , Wang-Kee In , Dong-Seok Oh , Chang-Hwan Shin
- Applicant: Kang-Hee Lee , Hyung-Kyu Kim , Kyung-Ho Yoon , Young-Ho Lee , Jae-Yong Kim , Tae-Hyun Chun , Wang-Kee In , Dong-Seok Oh , Chang-Hwan Shin
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2007-0062839 20070626
- Main IPC: G21C3/34
- IPC: G21C3/34

Abstract:
A spacer grid can be applied to close-spaced nuclear fuel rods. The spacer grid is directed to solve the problem in which, as the outer diameter of each nuclear fuel rod increases due to the use of dual-cooled nuclear fuel rods for improving cooling performance and obtaining high combustion and high output power, the gap between the neighboring nuclear fuel rods is narrowed to thus make it impossible to use an existing spacer grid. The spacer grid is a combination of unit grid straps, each of which has supports for supporting each of the nuclear fuel rods set in a narrow array and has a sheet shape, which are combined with each other. The supports are located at positions shifted from the longitudinal central line of each unit grid strap toward sub-channels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090052607A1 Spacer Grid for Close-Spaced Nuclear Fuel Rods Public/Granted day:2009-02-26
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