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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:
Jan. 18, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard H Young, Canton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376419 ; 376457 ; 376414 ;
Abstract
A fuel rod for a nuclear reactor is described. The fuel rod contains a zirconium alloy cladding tube, with a thin coating of a burnable poison which has been plasmaarc sprayed on the inside diameter of the cladding tube. Also described is a plasma-arc spraying device and a method for applying a coating to the inside of a small-diameter metal tube.