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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry R Eisenstatt, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Kenneth C Radford, Irwin, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427-6 ; 4272552 ; 376414 ; 376411 ; 376419 ;
Abstract
A method of applying a burnable absorber coating on a nuclear fuel pellet comprising the step of exposing the nuclear fuel pellet to a gas stream of boron trichloride and anhydrous ammonia at a temperature of from about 600.degree.-800.degree. C. A coating of boron nitride is formed as a reaction product of boron trichloride with anhydrous ammonia on the fuel pellet.