Patent ID: 7492851

Claim:
A boiling water reactor vessel having a feedwater sparger with a constrained feedwater sparger end bracket assembly, comprising: a boiling water reactor vessel having a vessel wall; a feedwater sparger within said boiling water reactor vessel and including a conduit spaced inwardly from said vessel wall and having a conduit end; a feedwater sparger end bracket assembly connected to said conduit end at a sparger/bracket junction; and a clamp disposed on said feedwater sparger end bracket assembly and consisting of a one-piece first clamp member having a first compartment receiving a first portion of said sparger/bracket junction, a one-piece second clamp member, in opposition to said first clamp member, having a second compartment receiving a second portion of said sparger/bracket junction, and a connector securing said first clamp member and said second clamp member on said feedwater sparger end bracket assembly with said first compartment and said second compartment constraining said sparger/bracket junction against separation.