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Fuel rod for a nuclear reactor

US4610842A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1984
Grant dateSep 9, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S376/90
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fuel rod for a nuclear reactor comprises a cladding tube of a zirconium-based alloy, on the internal surface of which there is arranged a layer of zirconium containing 0.1-1 per cent by weight tin. The fuel rod contains a nuclear fuel preferably of uranium dioxide.

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