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Element with burnable poison coating

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5863431
This patent describes a fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor which includes a fission 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 boron-containing compound burnable poison particles deposited from a liquid suspension which includes an acrylic polymer binder material.
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4824634
OSTI ID:
5863431
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English