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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Hyung-kyu Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jong-hun Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-ho Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kun-woo Song, Daejeon, KR;
Kyung-ho Yoon, Daejeon, KR;
Young-ho Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-yong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kang-hee Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hyung-Kyu Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jong-Hun Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-Ho Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kun-Woo Song, Daejeon, KR;
Kyung-Ho Yoon, Daejeon, KR;
Young-Ho Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-Yong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kang-Hee Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A dual-cooled nuclear fuel rod and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The nuclear fuel rod includes an outer cladding tube having a circular cross section, an inner cladding tube having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the outer cladding tube, and a length longer than the outer cladding tube, and located in parallel in the outer cladding tube, a pellet charged in a space between the outer and inner cladding tubes and generating energy by nuclear fission, and first and second end plugs coupling opposite ends of the outer cladding tube to stepped outer joints formed on outer circumferences of first ends thereof and coupling opposite ends of the inner cladding tube to stepped inner joints formed on inner circumferences of the first ends thereof.