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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mickey O Marlowe, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376416 ; 376417 ; 376457 ;
Abstract
A cladding tube for use in holding fissionable material in a water cooled nuclear reactor is provided. The cladding tube includes inner and outer circumferential regions, and including (1) a substrate defining the outer circumferential region, and (2) an inner liner defining the inner circumferential region. The inner liner is made from a zirconium alloy having at least one alloying element which promotes hydrogen absorption in a concentration of between about 1 and 15 weight percent. The hydrogen absorption promoting element can be one of the following: nickel, chromium, iron, zinc, vanadium, gallium, yttrium, palladium, platinum, or aluminum.