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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/04 (2006.01); G21C 21/02 (2006.01); G21C 3/04 (2006.01); G21C 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/04 (2013.01); G21C 21/02 (2013.01); G21C 3/045 (2019.01); G21C 3/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a nuclear fuel rod including at least one or more fuel pellets, a cladding tube surrounding the fuel pellets, and burnable absorber inside the cladding tube. The burnable absorber comprises a burnable absorber material and a cladding material surrounding the burnable absorber material. The burnable absorber has a disk shape, and the cladding material is an alloy comprising zirconium.