Patent ID: 7421056

Claim:
A fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor, comprising: inner webs disposed in a crosswise fashion; outer webs each having an inner side and surrounding said inner webs in a form of a frame, said inner webs and said outer webs together defining and forming a number of spacers having cells for receiving fuel rods, each of said spacers containing at least one guide device disposed in a respective outer web, said guide device having a flow opening formed therein and a guide element, said guide element as viewed in a flow direction of a coolant, being disposed upstream of said flow opening, and projecting from said inner side of said respective outer web, said guide element constricting a flow channel formed by a surface of a respective fuel rod and said inner and outer webs surrounding the respective fuel rod; and inwardly projecting clamping springs each for cooperating with a respective one of the fuel rods and attached to said outer webs; said guide device disposed laterally offset from a respective inwardly projecting clamping spring at a region of said respective outer web extending between said respective inwardly projecting clamping spring and a respective inner web, said guide device disposed completely in said region.