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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Anthony P. Reese, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerald Dean Kvaall, Jr., Wilmington, NC (US);
Anthony P. Reese, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lukas Trosman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerald Dean Kvaall, Jr., Wilmington, NC (US);
Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a fuel rod and a fuel bundle using the fuel rod. The fuel rod may include first enriched uranium in a boost zone of the fuel rod, wherein the boost zone may be arranged directly at a bottom of the fuel rod. The fuel rod may also include second enriched uranium in a second zone of the fuel rod, wherein the second zone is arranged over the boost zone. The fuel rod may also include natural uranium in a third zone of the fuel rod, wherein the third zone is arranged over the second zone. In this fuel rod, a percent of enrichment of the enriched uranium in the boost zone is at least one percent.