Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Fuel Assembly For A Reactor' Filed by Bae Systems Plc.

MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517049022 A) filed by Bae Systems Plc., London, on May 21, for 'fuel assembly for a reactor.'

Inventor(s) include Owston, Jeremy Henry.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A fuel assembly (100) for a nuclear fission reactor (10). The fuel assembly (100) is centred on a longitudinal axis (102). The fuel assembly (100) comprises a fuel compact (200) which defines a flow passage (202) running from a flow inlet (204) provided at a first end (206) of the fuel compact (200) to a flow outlet (208) provided at a second end (210) of the fuel compact (200). The flow passage (202) defines an internal surface (222) of the fuel compact (200). A displacer element (300) is provided in the passage (202) and mounted such that a clearance (212) is maintained between the internal surface (222) of the fuel compact (200) and the displacer element (300) to define an annular coolant flow passage (230)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 14, 2023, under International application No.PCT/GB2023/052966.

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