Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metal nuclear-fuel pin including a shell having threads or fibers made of silicon carbide (SiC)
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Application No.: US13878318Application Date: 2011-10-04
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Publication No.: US09837174B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Fabrice Mazaudier
- Applicant: Fabrice Mazaudier
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
- Current Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Baker Hostetler LLP
- Priority: FR1058149 20101007
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/067308 WO 20111004
- International Announcement: WO2012/045740 WO 20120412
- Main IPC: G21C3/06
- IPC: G21C3/06 ; G21C3/07 ; G21C3/60
Abstract:
A nuclear-fuel pin including a linear element made of a metal nuclear-fuel material consisting of uranium and/or plutonium, and cladding including Fe and Cr or an alloy including at least both of said elements, comprises a main shell provided around the linear nuclear-fuel element, said shell including threads or fibers made of SiC. A method for producing a nuclear-fuel pin is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130329849A1 METAL NUCLEAR-FUEL PIN INCLUDING A SHELL HAVING THREADS OR FIBERS MADE OF SILICON CARBIDE (SIC) Public/Granted day:2013-12-12
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