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Fuel element of the macrostructured plate type

  • US 8,149,984 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2006
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Nuclear fuel element comprising a first plate, a first network having a plurality of walls integral with the first plate for forming a plurality of individual cells separated from one another and defined by said walls, and at least one nuclear fuel pellet having opposite sides confined within a corresponding cell such that a circumferential gap is formed between said opposite sides of said pellet and the walls of the cell, with the nuclear fuel pellet extending along an axis aligned in a direction approximately parallel to the walls of the cell;

  • a second plate disposed in parallel alignment with said first plate on a side of said network opposite to the first plate in order to close the cells;

    said second plate is integral with a second network, substantially the same as the first network; and

    an axial gap formed between the at least one fuel pellet and the first and second plates.

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