US PATENT SUBCLASS 376 / 388
.~.~.~.~.~ Re-entrant type

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376 /   HD   INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS: PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, AND ELEMENTS

347  DF  REACTOR STRUCTURES {7}
361  DF  .~ Circulating fluid within reactor {6}
383  DF  .~.~ Fluid is a gas {3}
385  DF  .~.~.~ Having specified flow path or pattern within reactor core {3}
387  DF  .~.~.~.~ Plural passes through core {1}
388.~.~.~.~.~ Re-entrant type

DEFINITION

Classification: 376/388

Re-entrant type:

(under subclass 387) Subject matter wherein in the plural coolant passes, the coolant flows first along one flow path in a fuel element structure in one direction and then flows through a different flow path in the same fuel element structure in the reverse direction.

(1) Note. The flow, for example, may first be along the inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel assembly and then reverse its direction and flow back through a center portion of the fuel assembly.