Coating surfaces, such as interiors of steam generator tubes

    公开(公告)号:FR2748038A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-10-31

    申请号:FR9605169

    申请日:1996-04-24

    Applicant: FRAMATOME SA

    Abstract: A metal wall is heated to over 90, preferably 120-180 deg. C while in contact with an aqueous solution at above atmospheric pressure to induce a chemical reaction which coats the wall with nickel. Also claimed is coating the interiors of the tubes (5) of a steam generator associated with a pressurised water-cooled nuclear reactor by a chemical reaction, wherein an aqueous solution is circulated through the tubes, which are heated by circulating a hot liquid (21), preferably water at elevated pressure, around the outsides of the tubes in the secondary coolant space.

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    公开(公告)号:FR2728097A1

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-14

    申请号:FR9414987

    申请日:1994-12-13

    Applicant: FRAMATOME SA

    Abstract: A control cluster for a water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor, comprises a spider and rods suspended from the spider. Each rod contains neutron-absorbing material. In a lower portion of each rod, the material is a metal neutron absorber. In an upper portion, it is a stack of pellets of boron carbide B4C. In a middle fraction occupying a height lying in the range 35% to 45% of the total height, it is zirconium diboride ZrB2 isotopically enriched in boron 10 or hafnium diboride HfB2.

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    公开(公告)号:FR2727691A1

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-07

    申请号:FR9414466

    申请日:1994-12-01

    Applicant: FRAMATOME SA

    Abstract: A superficial preoxydation of the substrate (2) is effected by placing it in contact with an oxidant gas excited by a cool plasma of the substrate (2) situated in the flow post-discharge of the cool plasma used to the oxidant element and heated to an oxidation temperature lower than 500 DEG C. At the surface of the preoxidized substrate (2), a metal oxide is provided by heterogenous oxidation of a metal halide by using a gas mixture comprising an oxidant element activated by a cool plasma. The oxidant gas mixture is set in contact with the halide at the closest vicinity of the substrate arranged in the remote flow post-discharge of the cool plasma. Preferably, the cool plasma is generated by micro-waves. The process may be used particularly for forming a protection coating on a casing tube of a nuclear fuel rod.

    Process for leakproof closure of a nuclear fuel element

    公开(公告)号:FR2625022A1

    公开(公告)日:1989-06-23

    申请号:FR8717756

    申请日:1987-12-18

    Inventor: HERTZ DOMINIQUE

    Abstract: Welding of the plug 4 onto the cladding 2 of the fuel rod 1 is performed in an enclosure filled with inert gas at the filling pressure of the fuel rod 1. The welding is performed using one of the following processes: arc welding with tungsten electrode, laser welding, microplasma welding.

    Nuclear fuel rod used in pressurized water reactor

    公开(公告)号:FR2771211A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-21

    申请号:FR9714511

    申请日:1997-11-19

    Applicant: FRAMATOME SA

    Abstract: The fuel rod (1) consists of a tubular sleeve (2) containing a series of fuel pellets (4) and sealed at each end by a plug (3). The sleeve, which is filled with a pressurized gas such as helium, also contains a capsule (5) with its inner chamber (6) filled with a gas at a lower pressure. The capsule has a self-destruct section such as a disc (8) which provides for an increase in volume for the expansion of the pressurized gas once its pressure rises above a set level.

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