Fuel elment for nuclear reactors

Claim 1

A NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SEALED FUEL CONTAINING TUBES, AT LEAST ONE CLIP MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID TUBES INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID TUBES, SAID CLIP MEANS COMPRISING A FLAT STRIP HAVING A SEMI-CIRCULAR CENTRAL PORTION AND LATERALLY EXTENDING END PORTIONS, THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION ENGAGING THE FUEL TUBE, SAID CLIP MEANS BEING INTEGRALLY CONNECTED AT THEIR END PORTIONS TO FORM A LINEAR GROUP OF SPACED PARALLEL TUBES, A PLURALITY OF SAID GROUPS, TAB MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID TUBES CONNECTING THE OUTERMOST ENDS OF SAID CLIP MEANS OF EACH GROUP TO FORM AN ASSEMBLY OF SPACED PARALLEL GROUPS, SAID TAB MEANS COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT STRIPS HAVING PARALLEL SLOTS FOR RECEIVING THE CLIP ENDS, GRID MEANS CONNECTED TO THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID TUBES IN SAID ASSEMBLY, AT LEAST ONE REMOVABLE FUEL TUBE IN SAID ASSEMBLY, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID REMOVABLE FUEL TUBE IN SLIDABLE RELATION WITH SAID CLIP MEANS, AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID REMOVABLE FUEL TUBE AT ITS ENDS.