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Alloy coated fuel cladding

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7228847
This patent describes an 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 nickel-thallium -boron burnable poison compound.
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT
Patent Number(s):
A; US 4880597
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-213567A
OSTI ID:
7228847
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English