Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Fuel component structure – Encased with nonfuel component
Patent
1991-09-20
1993-09-07
Walsh, Donald P.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Fuel component structure
Encased with nonfuel component
376457, 376416, 376414, G21C 300
Patent
active
052436330
ABSTRACT:
A fuel element (10) for a nuclear reactor having a zirconium-tin alloy cladding tube (20), with a thin coating (30) of a burnable poison consisting of an enriched boron particles sealed in a boron-containing glass or glass compound deposited from a liquid sol-gel.
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Bryan William J.
Fuhrman Nathan
Jones David C.
Chelliah Meena
Combustion Engineering Inc.
Mulholland John H.
Walsh Donald P.
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