Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Reactor fuel elements or their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements > Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit > Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Subclass:: NUCLEAR REACTORS

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G21C 3/322 Means to influence the coolant flow through or around the bundles
G21C 3/324 Coats or envelopes for the bundles
G21C 3/326 comprising fuel elements of different composition; Comprising, in addition to the fuel elements, other pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped elements, e.g. control rods, grid support rods, fertile rods, poison rods or dummy rods
G21C 3/33 Supporting or hanging of elements in the bundle; Means forming part of the bundle for inserting it into, or removing it from, the core; Means for coupling adjacent bundles
G21C 3/334 Assembling the bundles
G21C 3/335 Exchanging elements in irradiated bundles
G21C 3/336 Spacer elements for fuel rods in the bundle
G21C 3/34 Spacer grids