A theoretical method based on a phenomenological turbulence model has been applied to evaluate turbulent transport properties for liquid-metal heat transfer in bare equilateral triangular rod bundles. Results obtained for local distributions of thermal eddy diffusivity in the various directions are presented in terms of correlations. From a subsequent solution of the three-dimensional heat transfer problem between two characteristic interior subchannels under conditions characteristic for tracer-type mixing experiments, integral thermal mixing coefficients and thermal length scales have been evaluated.