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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Wolfgang Doerr, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Andreas Hoff, Lingen, DE;
William Jentzen, Kennewick, WA (US);
Dave Curran, Richland, WA (US);
Alain Chotard, Neuville sur Saone, FR;
Pascal Deydier, Genas, FR;
Wolfgang Doerr, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Andreas Hoff, Lingen, DE;
William Jentzen, Kennewick, WA (US);
Dave Curran, Richland, WA (US);
Alain Chotard, Neuville sur Saone, FR;
Pascal Deydier, Genas, FR;
AREVA NP, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A sintered fuel pellet for a water nuclear reactor fuel rod including a peripheral wall extending along a central axis and two end faces. At least one of the end faces includes at least a first chamfer extending from the peripheral wall towards the central axis with a first non-zero slope with respect to a plane perpendicular to the central axis and a second chamfer extending from the first chamfer towards the central axis with a second non-zero slope with respect to a plane perpendicular to the central axis, wherein the first slope is different from the second slope.