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Title: Methods of preserving a nuclear fuel element

Abstract

A method of preserving a nuclear fuel includes exposing a surface of a fuel element comprising aluminum to a phosphorus-containing acid and reacting the phosphorus-containing acid with the aluminum to form aluminum phosphate (AlPO4). A nuclear fuel element includes a nuclear fuel and a shell surrounding the nuclear fuel. The shell comprises aluminum phosphate.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1892799
Patent Number(s):
11295869
Application Number:
16/564,552
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/09/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Rezvoi, Aleksey. Methods of preserving a nuclear fuel element. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Rezvoi, Aleksey. Methods of preserving a nuclear fuel element. United States.
Rezvoi, Aleksey. Tue . "Methods of preserving a nuclear fuel element". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892799.
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Recent Development in Phosphonic Acid-Based Organic Coatings on Aluminum
journal, August 2017


Phosphonic/phosphinic acid bonded to aluminum hydroxide layer
patent, October 1991


Aqueous corrosion of aluminum-based nuclear fuel
journal, August 2002