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A shroud for a turbine and a method of assembling is provided. The turbine includes a housing, a rotatable shaft and a bucket extending outward therefrom. The shroud includes an alignment member which is coupled to the housing, wherein the alignment member includes a first end, a second end and a bo

A shroud for a turbine and a method of assembling is provided. The turbine includes a housing, a rotatable shaft and a bucket extending outward therefrom. The shroud includes an alignment member which is coupled to the housing, wherein the alignment member includes a first end, a second end and a body extending between the first and second ends. The second end includes an arcuate portion to facilitate fluid flow downstream from the bucket. The shroud further includes a seal coupled to the body to facilitate sealing a gap defined between the bucket and the body.

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1. A shroud for use with a turbine including a housing, a rotatable shaft and a bucket extending outward from the rotatable shaft, said shroud comprising: an alignment member coupled to the housing and comprising a first end, a second end, and a body extending between said first and said second ends

1. A shroud for use with a turbine including a housing, a rotatable shaft and a bucket extending outward from the rotatable shaft, said shroud comprising: an alignment member coupled to the housing and comprising a first end, a second end, and a body extending between said first and said second ends, said second end comprises an arcuate portion configured to facilitate leakage flow downstream from the bucket, said second end further comprises one of the following: (i) a pair of substantially straight portions, wherein said arcuate portion extends between said pair of substantially straight portions; and(ii) a substantially straight portion that extends between said first end and said arcuate portion; anda seal coupled to said body to facilitate sealing a gap defined between the bucket and said body. 2. The shroud of claim 1, wherein said arcuate portion extends radially outward from the housing. 3. The shroud of claim 1, wherein said second end comprises said pair of substantially straight portions, a first of said substantially straight portions is oriented obliquely relative to a second of said substantially straight portions. 4. The shroud of claim 1, wherein said body comprises a first groove and a second groove defined therein such that said first groove has a first length and said second groove has a second length that is longer than said first length. 5. The shroud of claim 4, wherein said second groove comprises a first angled side oriented at a first angle with respect to said body and a second angled side oriented at a second angle with respect to said body, said first angle is larger than said second angle. 6. The shroud of claim 1, wherein said second end is configured in fluid flow alignment with a nozzle of the turbine. 7. A turbine comprising: a housing;a turbine shaft rotatably supported in said housing; anda plurality of turbine stages located along said turbine shaft and contained within said housing, each turbine stage comprising:a rotor coupled to said turbine shaft, said rotor comprising a bucket extending radially outward therefrom;a shroud coupled to said housing and comprising a first end, a second end, and a body extending between said first and second ends, said second end comprises an arcuate portion configured to facilitate leakage flow downstream from said bucket towards a nozzle, said second end further comprises one of the following: (i) a pair of substantially straight portions, wherein said arcuate portion extends between said pair of substantially straight portions; and(ii) a substantially straight portion that extends between said first end and said arcuate portion; anda seal coupled to said first groove and said second groove to facilitate sealing a gap defined between said bucket and said body. 8. The turbine of claim 7, wherein said second end comprises said pair of substantially straight portions, a first of said pair of substantially straight portions is angled less than about 45° to a second of said pair of substantially straight portions. 9. The turbine of claim 7, wherein said second end comprises said pair of substantially straight portions, at least one of said arcuate portion and said pair of substantially straight portions are in flow alignment with a nozzle wall of a subsequent stage of said plurality of stages to facilitate alignment of leakage flow toward said nozzle wall. 10. The turbine of claim 7, wherein said body comprises a first groove and a second groove, and wherein said seal comprises a seal tooth between said first groove and said second groove and extending radially into the gap. 11. The turbine of claim 10, wherein said bucket includes a first radial tooth and a second radial tooth, said first radial tooth is spaced from said seal tooth at a first distance and said second radial tooth is spaced from said second end a second distance, said first distance is longer than said second distance. 12. A method of assembling a turbine including a housing, a rotatable shaft, and a bucket extending radially outward from the rotatable shaft, said method comprising: coupling a shroud to the housing, the shroud comprising an alignment member coupled to the housing and comprising a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first and the second ends, the second end comprises an arcuate portion configured to facilitate leakage flow downstream from the bucket, wherein the second end further comprises one of the following: (i) a pair of substantially straight portions, wherein said arcuate portion extends between said pair of substantially straight portions; and(ii) a substantially straight portion that extends between said first end and said arcuate portion;extending the arcuate portion of the shroud outward from the housing to facilitate leakage flow downstream from the bucket; andcoupling a seal to the shroud to facilitate sealing a gap defined between the bucket and the shroud. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein extending the arcuate portion comprises positioning the arcuate portion to extend radially from the housing. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein coupling the seal comprises coupling the seal to a first groove and a second groove of the shroud.