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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:
Feb. 05, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Bryan, Granby, CT (US);
Nathan Fuhrman, Plainville, CT (US);
David C Jones, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376419 ; 376457 ;
Abstract
A fuel element for a nuclear reactor having a zirconium-tin alloy cladding tube, with a thin coating of particles of enriched boron-containing compound burnable poison particles, deposited from a liquid sol-gel which includes a glass binder material.