[특허]Lower end fitting locknut for nuclear fuel assembly

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G21C-003/334 B25B-023/00 G21C-003/33 F16B-039/02 F16B-023/00
출원번호	US-0447655 (2012-04-16)
등록번호	US-10124472 (2018-11-13)
발명자 / 주소	Ullmann, Julius M. Walton, Lewis A. Johnson, Mary W.
출원인 / 주소	BWXT mPower, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 60

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A fuel assembly includes a plurality of fuel rods comprising fissile material, a plurality of guide tubes interspersed amongst the fuel rods, an upper end fitting connected with upper ends of guide tubes, and a lower end fitting. End plugs are connected with the lower ends of the guide tubes. The end plugs have threaded male shafts extending from the lower ends of the guide tubes which pass through openings of the lower end fitting. Female lock nuts are threaded onto the threaded male shafts of the end plugs and lock with the lower end fitting to secure the lower end fitting to the lower ends of the guide tubes. The female lock nuts suitably have locking portions that are outwardly deformed into recesses of the lower end fitting to lock the lock nuts in place after tightening.

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1. An apparatus comprising: a fuel assembly including: a plurality of fuel rods comprising fissile material; a plurality of guide tubes interspersed amongst the fuel rods,an upper end fitting connected with upper ends of guide tubes,a lower end fitting having a top planar surface, a bottom planar surface and a plurality of counterbores defined therebetween, and at least one lock recess that extends both radially outwardly from a corresponding counterbore and extends inwardly into the lower end fitting from the bottom planar surface,end plugs connected with the lower ends of the guide tubes and having threaded male shafts extending from the lower ends of the guide tubes and passing through openings of the lower end fitting, andfemale lock nuts threaded onto the threaded male shafts of the end plugs, each female lock nut including at least one swaged locking portion that extends radially outwardly into a corresponding lock recess of the lower end fitting to secure the lower end fitting to the lower ends of the guide tubes, wherein each female lock nut is fully disposed in a corresponding counterbore between the top and bottom planar surfaces,wherein the lock recesses remain visible as viewed from the bottom planar surface of the lower end fitting after each female lock nut is fully disposed in the corresponding counterbore. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: dashpot tubes disposed in the lower ends of the guide tubes and connected to the end plugs, the female lock nuts not engaging the dashpot tubes. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the female lock nuts have locking portions outwardly deformed into the lock recesses of the lower end fitting. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the locking portions comprise portions of outboard annular walls of the female lock nuts that are outwardly deformed into the lock recesses of the lower end fitting. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the locking portions comprise two locking portions of outboard annular walls of the female lock nuts that are outwardly deformed into the lock recesses of the lower end fitting. 6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the locking portions comprise N locking portions arranged with N-fold symmetry around the female lock nut that are outwardly deformed into the lock recesses of the lower end fitting. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the end plugs are welded to the lower ends of the guide tubes. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a tool configured to rotate a female lock nut to thread it onto a threaded male shaft of an end plug connected with the lower end of a guide tube and to swage the female lock nut to form swaged locking portions of the lock nut that engage the lock recesses of the lower end fitting to lock the lock nut with the lower end fitting. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a pressure vessel containing a reactor core comprising an array of said fuel assemblies.

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