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A nuclear fuel assembly grid comprising an improved outer grid strap wherein abutting outer grid strap segments are joined at a point of intersection with an inner grid strap. The normally preformed weld where the inner strap fork tines extend through the outer grid strap thereby fixedly bonds the o

A nuclear fuel assembly grid comprising an improved outer grid strap wherein abutting outer grid strap segments are joined at a point of intersection with an inner grid strap. The normally preformed weld where the inner strap fork tines extend through the outer grid strap thereby fixedly bonds the outer grid strap segments together.

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A nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid comprising: a. a first outer grid strap segment end, said first end having a first tab arranged in substantially the same plane as the plane defined by said first end; b. a second outer grid strap end, said second end having a second slot arranged in substantiall

A nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid comprising: a. a first outer grid strap segment end, said first end having a first tab arranged in substantially the same plane as the plane defined by said first end; b. a second outer grid strap end, said second end having a second slot arranged in substantially the same plane as the plane defined by said second end, with said tab being substantially disposed in said slot, defining a socket therebetween; and c. a fork tine interposed substantially perpendicularly in said socket.