公开(公告)号：US06243433B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-05

申请号：US09312021

申请日：1999-05-14

申请人： Ronald Bert Adamson ,  Daniel Reese Lutz ,  Mickey Orville Marlowe ,  John Frederick Schardt ,  Cedric David Williams

发明人： Ronald Bert Adamson ,  Daniel Reese Lutz ,  Mickey Orville Marlowe ,  John Frederick Schardt ,  Cedric David Williams

IPC分类号： G21C307

CPC分类号： G21C3/20 ,  G21C3/07 ,  G21Y2002/103 ,  G21Y2002/104 ,  G21Y2004/10 ,  G21Y2004/20 ,  Y02E30/40

摘要： An improved fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor comprised of a central core of nuclear material, which is surrounded by a composite cladding. The cladding has an outer metallic tubular portion comprised of well-known cladding alloys used for such purposes. Metallurgically bonded to the outer metallic tubular portion is a commercially pure zirconium microalloyed with a controlled quantity of iron. The zirconium microalloyed with iron produced an inner metallic barrier having a beneficial balance between stress corrosion crack resistance and corrosion resistance while retaining other beneficial properties of pure zirconium, such as ductility.

公开(公告)号：US06542566B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-01

申请号：US09801364

申请日：2001-03-07

申请人： Ronald Bert Adamson ,  Daniel Reese Lutz ,  Mickey Orville Marlowe ,  John Frederick Schardt ,  Cedric David Williams

发明人： Ronald Bert Adamson ,  Daniel Reese Lutz ,  Mickey Orville Marlowe ,  John Frederick Schardt ,  Cedric David Williams

IPC分类号： G21C300

CPC分类号： G21C3/20 ,  G21C3/07 ,  G21Y2002/103 ,  G21Y2002/104 ,  G21Y2004/10 ,  G21Y2004/20 ,  Y02E30/40

摘要： An improved fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor comprised of a central core of nuclear material, which is surrounded by a composite cladding. The cladding has an outer metallic tubular portion comprised of well-known cladding alloys used for such purposes. Metallurgically bonded to the outer metallic tubular portion is a commercially pure zirconium microalloyed with a controlled quantity of iron. The zirconium microalloyed with iron produced an inner metallic barrier having a beneficial balance between stress corrosion crack resistance and corrosion resistance while retaining other beneficial properties of pure zirconium, such as ductility.

摘要翻译： 用于核反应堆的改进的燃料元件，其由核材料的中心核心组成，其被复合包层包围。 包层具有由用于这些目的的众所周知的包层合金构成的外部金属管状部分。 与外部金属管状部分冶金结合的是商业上纯的与受控量铁合金化的锆。 与铁微合金的锆产生了内部金属屏障，其在应力腐蚀开裂性和耐腐蚀性之间具有有利的平衡，同时保留了纯锆的其它有益性质，例如延展性。