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Nuclear fuel rod

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5515161
A nuclear fuel rod comprises a cladding tube filled with an inert gas or liquid metal and sealed at both ends in airtightness. A plurality of nuclear fuel pellets is piled one atop another in the cladding tube, and an adsorbent carrying a tag gas for monitoring a nuclear fuel rod failure is received in the inner space of the cladding tube defined at least above or below the nuclear fuel pellet pile.
Assignee:
Toshiba Corp (Japan)
Patent Number(s):
US 4312707
OSTI ID:
5515161
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220300* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Fuel Elements
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
ADSORPTION
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM
CARBON
CONTAINERS
COPPER
ELEMENTS
FABRICATION
FAILED ELEMENT MONITORS
FLUIDS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PELLETS
FUEL RODS
FUEL-CLADDING INTERACTIONS
INERT ATMOSPHERE
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LIQUID METALS
LIQUIDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MONITORS
NONMETALS
PELLETS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SORPTION
STEELS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS