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Element with burnable poison coating

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6018142
This patent describes 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 boron-containing glass compound.
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4990303; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-211182
OSTI ID:
6018142
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English