Element with burnable poison coating
US4990303A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel element for a nuclear reactor having a zirconium-tin alloy cladding tube, with a thin coating of particles of enriched boron-containing compound burnable poison particles, deposited from a liquid sol-gel which includes a glass binder material.
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