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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Edward J. Lahoda, Edgewood, PA (US);
Peng Xu, Columbia, SC (US);
Zeses Karoutas, Lexington, SC (US);
Sumit Ray, Columbia, SC (US);
Kumar Sridharan, Madison, WI (US);
Benjamin Maier, Waunakee, WI (US);
Greg Johnson, Madison, WI (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A zirconium alloy cladding tube for use in a water cooled nuclear reactor under normal operating conditions and under high temperature oxidation conditions is described. The cladding tube has a coating uniformly deposited thereon. The coating, which may be up to 300 microns thick, is selected from the group consisting of chromium, a chromium-based alloy, and combinations thereof.