NEUTRON REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT UTILIZING ZIRCONIUM-BASE ALLOYS

Title: NEUTRON REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT UTILIZING ZIRCONIUM-BASE ALLOYS

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This patent relates to clad fuel elements for use in neutronic reactors and is drawn to such a fuel element which consists of a core of fissionable material, comprised of an alloy of zirconium and U/sup 235/ enriched uranium, encased in a jacket of a binary zirconium-tin alloy in which the tin content ranges between 1 and 15% by weight.

Inventors:: Saller, H.A.; Keeler, J.R.; Szumachowski, E.R.

Issue Date:: 1957-11-12

Research Org.:: Originating Research Org. not identified

OSTI Identifier:: 4307645

Patent Number(s):: 2813073

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission DTIE; NSA-12-007023

NSA Number:: NSA-12-007023

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: PATENTS; ENRICHMENT; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; FUEL ELEMENTS; JACKETS; PATENT; REACTORS; TIN ALLOYS; URANIUM 235; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS

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                    Saller, H.A., Keeler, J.R., and Szumachowski, E.R. NEUTRON REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT UTILIZING ZIRCONIUM-BASE ALLOYS.  United States: N. p., 1957. 
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                    Saller, H.A., Keeler, J.R., & Szumachowski, E.R. NEUTRON REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT UTILIZING ZIRCONIUM-BASE ALLOYS.  United States.

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                    Saller, H.A., Keeler, J.R., and Szumachowski, E.R. Tue .  
        "NEUTRON REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT UTILIZING ZIRCONIUM-BASE ALLOYS".  United States.

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  author       = {Saller, H.A. and Keeler, J.R. and Szumachowski, E.R.},

  abstractNote = {This patent relates to clad fuel elements for use in neutronic reactors and is drawn to such a fuel element which consists of a core of fissionable material, comprised of an alloy of zirconium and U/sup 235/ enriched uranium, encased in a jacket of a binary zirconium-tin alloy in which the tin content ranges between 1 and 15% by weight.},

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