Corrosion

Patent · Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5163786

Taylor, D F

A corrosion resistant nuclear fuel element. It comprises: an elongated cladding container formed from a zirconium alloy tube consisting essentially of by weight percent 0.5 to 2.0 percent tin, 0.24 to 0.40 percent of a solute composed of copper, nickel and iron, and the balance zirconium; and a central core of a body of nuclear fuel material selected from the group consisting of compounds of uranium, plutonium, thorium and mixtures thereof disposed in an d partially filling the container so as to leave a gap between the container and the core and an internal cavity at one end of the container an enclosure integrally secured and sealed at each end of the container and a nuclear fuel material retaining means positioned in the cavity.

• Assignee: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (USA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4986957; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-356474
• OSTI ID: 5163786
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 25 May 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
FUEL ELEMENTS
CONTAINERS
ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANCE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CLADDING
CORROSION PROTECTION
ALLOYS
DEPOSITION
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SURFACE COATING
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
360105* - Metals & Alloys- Corrosion & Erosion
220300 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Fuel Elements