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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Robert Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Trevor Cartwright Rowland, Halden, NO;
Richard Alan Proebstle, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Rosicky, Fremont, CA (US);
Thoma Mees Snyder, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 38 ; 176 / ; 176 / ;
Abstract
A method of conditioning the fuel of a nuclear reactor core to minimize failure of the fuel cladding comprising increasing the fuel rod power to a desired maximum power level at a rate below a critical rate which would cause cladding damage. Such conditioning allows subsequent freedom of power changes below and up to said maximum power level with minimized danger of cladding damage.