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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Kevin Ledford, Wilmington, NC (US);
Yang-pi Lin, Wilmington, NC (US);
Paul Cantonwine, Wilmington, NC (US);
Kevin Ledford, Wilmington, NC (US);
Yang-Pi Lin, Wilmington, NC (US);
Paul Cantonwine, Wilmington, NC (US);
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL—AMERICAS, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a fret resistant fuel rod for a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) nuclear fuel bundle. An applied material entrained with fret resistant particles is melted or otherwise fused to a melted, thin layer of the fuel rod cladding. The applied material is made of a material that is chemically compatible with the fuel rod cladding, allowing the fret resistant particles to be captured in the thin layer of re-solidified cladding material to produce an effective and resilient fret resistant layer on an outer layer of the cladding.