Shock-absorbing device for fuel assembly and fuel assembly housing container
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Jun 9, 2015
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Jun 30, 2011
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Aug 25, 2009
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Nov 28, 2008
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A fuel assembly 20 is constituted by combining a plurality of fuel rods 21, holding the fuel rods 21 by a plurality of support grids 22, and arranging a lower nozzle 24 and an upper nozzle 23 at opposite ends of the fuel rods 21. A shock-absorbing device 10 for a fuel assembly is fitted to the lower nozzle 24 and the upper nozzle 23. The shock-absorbing device 10 for a fuel assembly is constituted a nozzle support 12 fitted to a depression 24U of the lower nozzle 24 and a depression 23U of the upper nozzle 23, and a buffer 11 combined with the nozzle support 12, with stiffness thereof in a longitudinal direction of the fuel rods 21 being equal to or lower than that of the nozzle support 12.
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