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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited/ènergie Atomique Du Canada Limitèe, Chalk River, CA;
Inventor:
German Cota-Sanchez, Deep River, CA;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 (2006.01); C01B 32/159 (2017.01); C01B 32/166 (2017.01); G21C 3/07 (2006.01); G21C 3/17 (2006.01); G21C 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/159 (2017.08); C01B 32/166 (2017.08); G21C 3/07 (2013.01); G21C 3/17 (2013.01); G21C 3/20 (2013.01); C01B 2202/02 (2013.01); C01B 2202/36 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/82 (2013.01); C01P 2002/84 (2013.01); C01P 2002/88 (2013.01); C01P 2002/89 (2013.01); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2006/10 (2013.01); Y10T 428/30 (2015.01);
Abstract
A nuclear fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor may include a plurality of metal fuel sheaths extending along a longitudinal fuel element axis and spaced apart from each other, the plurality of fuel sheaths comprising a first fuel sheath having an inner surface, an opposing outer surface and a hollow interior configured to receive nuclear fuel material. A carbon coating may be on the inner surface of the first fuel sheath. The carbon coating may include more than 99.0% wt of a carbon material including more than 20% wt of carbon nanotubes and less than about 0.01% wt of organic contaminants.