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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P Foster, Monroeville Boro, PA (US);
Samuel G McDonald, III, Monroeville Boro, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376416 ;
Abstract
This invention describes a tubular water reactor fuel cladding having an outer cylindrical layer composed of a conventional zirconium base alloy. Bonded to the outer cylindrical layer is a second layer composed of an alloy selected from the group of zirconium base alloys consisting of: about 0.19 to 0.6 wt. % tin, about 0.19 to 0.5 wt. % iron, and about 100 to 700 ppm oxygen; or about 0.4 to 0.6 wt. % tin, about 0.1 to 0.3 wt. % iron, about 0.1 to 0.3 wt. % nickel, and about 100 to 700 ppm oxygen.