Welding fixture for nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid

摘要

A welding fixture for a nuclear fuel assembly grid having rigid top and bottom members and having apparatus for releasably securing them together. The bottom and top members each have an egg-crate configuration of interleaved fixture straps. Top notches on the bottom fixture straps' top edges are placed to engage the grid straps' bottom edges when the grid straps are aligned for welding. Likewise, bottom notches on the top fixture straps' bottom edges are placed to engage the grid straps' top edges when the grid straps are aligned for welding.