Patent ID: 6539073
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G21C,Y02E

Abstract:
A fuel bundle for a nuclear reactor comprising:a plurality of spacers spaced one from the other along the bundle and having a plurality of openings; a plurality of fuel rods extending through the openings in said spacers; at least one water rod extending through a predetermined opening through each of the spacers and generally parallel to said fuel rods, said water rod including first and second water rod segments with ends secured to one another within a predetermined opening of one of said spacers, said segments having interior passages in communication with one another for transmitting fluid along the one water rod, said segments having respective elements on opposite sides of said one spacer and extending laterally beyond peripheral confines of said predetermined opening through said one spacer for engaging said one spacer between said elements and preventing substantial movement of said spacer along said fuel bundle.