Zirconium-based alloy tube for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly
US5802130A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tube for constituting all or part of a cladding or guide tube for a fuel assembly is made from an alloy containing, by weight, 0.4% to 0.6% of tin, 0.5% to 0.8% of iron, 0.35% to 0.50% of vanadium, and 0.10% to 0.18% of oxygen, 100 ppm to 180 ppm of carbon and 50 ppm to 120 ppm of silicon. The alloy contains nothing else apart from zirconium and unavoidable impurities and it is completely recrystallized.
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