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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard F Van Swam, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Power Corporation, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376416 ;
Abstract
A nuclear fuel rod for a pressurized water reactor having an elongated hollow metallic tubular cladding for containing nuclear fuel, the tubular cladding having an inner tubular layer of a zirconium alloy with alloying components of molybdenum and 3 to 6 weight percent bismuth, the balance zirconium.