Cold spray chromium coating for nuclear fuel rods

Lahoda, Edward J.; Xu, Peng; Karoutas, Zeses; Ray, Sumit; Sridharan, Kumar; Maier, Benjamin; Johnson, Greg

Title: Cold spray chromium coating for nuclear fuel rods

Patent · Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022

OSTI ID:1925106

Lahoda, Edward J.; Xu, Peng; Karoutas, Zeses; Ray, Sumit; Sridharan, Kumar; Maier, Benjamin; Johnson, Greg

A zirconium alloy cladding tube for use in a water cooled nuclear reactor under normal operating conditions and under high temperature oxidation conditions is described. The cladding tube has a coating uniformly deposited thereon. The coating, which may be up to 300 microns thick, is selected from the group consisting of chromium, a chromium-based alloy, and combinations thereof.

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Research Organization:: Idaho Operations Office, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: NE0008222

Assignee:: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, PA)

Patent Number(s):: 11,443,857

Application Number:: 16/573,544

OSTI ID:: 1925106

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/17/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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