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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Mustapha Boubcher, Burlington, CA;
Sermet Kuran, Mississauga, CA;
Cathy Cottrell, Ancaster, CA;
Robert R. Bodner, Oakville, CA;
Inventors:
Mustapha Boubcher, Burlington, CA;
Sermet Kuran, Mississauga, CA;
Cathy Cottrell, Ancaster, CA;
Robert R. Bodner, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED, Chalk River, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/00 (2006.01); G21C 3/326 (2006.01); G21C 3/58 (2006.01); G21C 3/60 (2006.01); G21C 3/62 (2006.01); G21C 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/326 (2013.01); G21C 3/58 (2013.01); G21C 3/60 (2013.01); G21C 3/62 (2013.01); G21C 19/205 (2013.01); Y02E 30/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are described and illustrated, and in some cases include fuel elements each having a fissile content ofU between about 0.9 wt %U and 5.0 wt %U, and wherein at least one of the fuel elements is a poisoned low-enriched uranium fuel element including a neutron poison in a concentration greater than about 5.0 vol %.