Open AccessFUEL ELEMENT STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE FOR THE CONSOLIDATED EDISON THORIUM REACTOR PLANT
Author(s) -
Dylan Collings,
D.K. Gestson,
Cuervo Paola Andrea,
H. D. Ferris,
Roger L. Boyer,
George C Larson
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4118101
Subject(s) - nozzle , engineering , bundle , seal (emblem) , thorium , mechanical engineering , nuclear engineering , materials science , metallurgy , uranium , composite material , art , visual arts
The design of the fuel-element structure for the CETR is described. Component parts of the assembly comprise the fuel-bundle assembly, the fuel-can assembly, the upper transition, the fuel-element spring, and the upper nozzle and seal assembly. (J.R.D.