Nuclear fuel assembly and process
US4297168A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 1976 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Rupture of boiling water reactor nuclear fuel cladding resulting from embrittlement by fission product cadmium is prevented by adding the stoichiometrically equivalent amount of V.sub.2 O.sub.4 or V.sub.2 O.sub.5 to the fuel.
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