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Title: FUEL ELEMENT

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4808049

A fueled matrlx eontnwinlng uncomblned carbon is deslgned for use in graphlte-moderated gas-cooled reactors designed for operatlon at temperatures (about 1500 deg F) at which conventional metallic cladding would ordlnarily undergo undesired carburization or physical degeneratlon. - The invention comprlses, broadly a fuel body containlng uncombined earbon, clad with a nickel alloy contalning over about 28 percent by' weight copper in the preferred embodlment. Thls element ls supporirted in the passageways in close tolerance with the walls of unclad graphite moderator materlal. (AEC)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-011181
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 3024181 .
OSTI ID:
4808049
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English