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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company, Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Edward J. Lahoda, Edgewood, PA (US);
Frank A. Boylan, Ellwood City, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/62 (2006.01); G21C 9/00 (2006.01); G21C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/626 (2013.01); G21C 9/00 (2013.01); G21C 3/045 (2019.01);
Abstract
An improved, accident tolerant fuel for use in light water and lead fast reactors is described. The fuel includes a ceramic cladding, such as a multi-layered silicon carbide cladding, and fuel pellets formed from UN and from 100 to 10000 ppm of a boron-containing integral fuel burnable absorber, such as UBor ZrB.