Title:
PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR FUEL ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/048707
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An elongated control rod guide thimble for a nuclear reactor having a tube-in-tube dashpot design that has circumferential slots in the dashpot walls that align with spaced openings in the guide thimble sheath. The dashpot tube has an end plug with a threaded opening extending axially therethrough which is captured by a thimble screw that extend through an opening in the bottom nozzle and sandwiches an end plug attached to the guide thimble sheath between the dashpot tube end plug and the bottom nozzle.
Inventors:
LIU JIN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/050081
Publication Date:
June 02, 2016
Filing Date:
September 15, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP (US)
International Classes:
G21C19/06
Foreign References:
| US20090252281A1 | 2009-10-08 | |||
| US5178822A | 1993-01-12 | |||
| KR101032867B1 | 2011-05-06 | |||
| JP2000028770A | 2000-01-28 | |||
| US20070177711A1 | 2007-08-02 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3198611A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SPADACENE, Joseph C. et al. (1000 Westinghouse DriveSuite 14, Cranberry Township Pennsylvania, US)
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