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Title: Alloy coated fuel cladding

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7228847

This patent describes an improvement in a fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor which includes a fissionable material contained within a zirconium-alloy cladding tube. The improvement comprises a coating on the inside of the zirconium-alloy cladding tube. The coating including a nickel-thallium -boron burnable poison compound.

Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4880597; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-213567A; TRN: 90-013915
OSTI ID:
7228847
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 24 Jun 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English