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Title: Nuclear fuel element

Abstract

A nuclear fuel element wherein a tubular cladding of zirconium or a zirconium alloy has a fission gas plenum chamber which is held against collapse by the loops of a spacer in the form of a tube which has been deformed inwardly at three equally spaced, circumferential positions to provide three loops. A heat resistant disc of, say, graphite separates nuclear fuel pellets within the cladding from the plenum chamber. The spacer is of zirconium or a zirconium alloy.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Deep River, CA
Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
862887
Patent Number(s):
4036691
Assignee:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Ottawa, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
nuclear; fuel; element; tubular; cladding; zirconium; alloy; fission; gas; plenum; chamber; held; collapse; loops; spacer; form; tube; deformed; inwardly; equally; spaced; circumferential; positions; provide; heat; resistant; disc; graphite; separates; pellets; heat resistant; gas plenum; fuel pellet; fuel pellets; zirconium alloy; fuel element; nuclear fuel; equally spaced; fission gas; plenum chamber; circumferential position; /376/976/

Citation Formats

Meadowcroft, Ronald Ross, and Bain, Alastair Stewart. Nuclear fuel element. United States: N. p., 1977. Web.
Meadowcroft, Ronald Ross, & Bain, Alastair Stewart. Nuclear fuel element. United States.
Meadowcroft, Ronald Ross, and Bain, Alastair Stewart. Sat . "Nuclear fuel element". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/862887.
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abstractNote = {A nuclear fuel element wherein a tubular cladding of zirconium or a zirconium alloy has a fission gas plenum chamber which is held against collapse by the loops of a spacer in the form of a tube which has been deformed inwardly at three equally spaced, circumferential positions to provide three loops. A heat resistant disc of, say, graphite separates nuclear fuel pellets within the cladding from the plenum chamber. The spacer is of zirconium or a zirconium alloy.},
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