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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Uranium Pechiney, Courbevoie, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376422 ; 376418 ; 976D / ; 976D / ; 252638 ;
Abstract
A nuclear fuel element comprising sintered pellets based on uraniferous oxide which are surrounded by a metallic sheath and permitting trapping of the fission products which appear in the course of irradiation characterized in that the pellets contain or are coated with or that the sheath is internally coated with an agent for trapping said fission products based on mixed metallic oxide comprising SiO.sub.2 and one at least of the oxides ZrO.sub.2 or CeO.sub.2.