Nuclear fuel element

Patent · Tue Jul 17 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6469617

Marlowe, M O; Rosenbaum, H S; Rowland, T C; Patterson, Jr, C B; Davies, J H

This patent describes a nuclear fuel element. It comprises: an elongated composite cladding container of a zirconium alloy tube consisting of constituents, other than the zirconium, in amounts greater than about 5000 parts per million by weight and having a barrier lining of zirconium metal in a thickness of the alloy tube, metallurgically bonded to the inner surface of the alloy tube, a central core of nuclear fuel material disposed within and partially filling the lined tubular container so as to leave a gap between the container and fuel proving the core. The nuclear fuel material being selected from the group consisting of compounds of uranium, plutonium, thorium and mixtures thereof which contain dispersed therethrough an additive of aluminum silicate in an effective amount up to about 5 percent by weight of the fuel material.

• Assignee: General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (USA)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4942016
• Application Number: PPN: US s 7-245482
• OSTI ID: 6469617
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

050700* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Fuels Production & Properties
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDES
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM SILICATES
CLADDING
CONTAINERS
DEPOSITION
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
METALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SURFACE COATING
THORIUM
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS