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Cold spray chromium coating for nuclear fuel rods

US11443857B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC · US

Inventors

Edward J. Lahoda · Wilkinsburg, US
Peng Xu · Guilderland, US
Zeses Karoutas · Lexington, US
Sumit Ray · Columbia, US
Kumar Sridharan · Madison, US
Benjamin Maier · Hirschberg, DE
Greg Johnson · Madison, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

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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