US3010889A
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Fuel element
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1958-08-08
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Granted: 1961-11-28
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Expires: 1978-08-08
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Fortescue Peter
- 👤 Zumwalt Lloyd Robert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 07:51
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21C; G21C3/00; G21C3/02; G21C3/04; G21C1/00; G21C1/04; G21C1/06; G21C15/00; G21C15/02; G21C15/04; G21C15/06; G21C17/00; G21C17/02; G21C17/04; G21C17/041; G21C3/041; G21C3/16; G21C3/17; G21C3/18; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30; Y10; Y10S; Y10S376/00; Y10S376/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A FUEL ELEMENT FOR A NEUTRONIC RECTOR COMPRISING AN EXTERIOR ELONGATED SHELL CONSTRUCTED OF SOLID NEUTRON MODERATING MATERIAL AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR MOUNTING AND SPACING SAID ELEMENT WITHIN SAID REACTOR, AT LEAST ONE COMPACTED FUEL SLUG OF FISSIONABLE MATERIAL DISPERSED IN A NEUTRON MODERATOR, DISPOSED IN SAID SHELL, AND A SEALED CAN ENCLOSING SAID SLUG, SAID CAN BEING FORMED OF A NEUTRON MODERATOR MATERIAL HAVING A LOWER PERMEABILITY TO FISSION PRODUCTS THAN THE MATERIAL OF SAID SHELL WITH THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID CAN BEING GENERALLY SPACED FROM SAID SPACED FROM THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID SHELL, THEREBY PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SPACE EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID CAN WHEREFROM FISSION PRODUCTS MAY BE SWEPT BY COOLANT GAS DIFFUSING THROUGH SAID SHELL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A FUEL ELEMENT FOR A NEUTRONIC RECTOR COMPRISING AN EXTERIOR ELONGATED SHELL CONSTRUCTED OF SOLID NEUTRON MODERATING MATERIAL AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR MOUNTING AND SPACING SAID ELEMENT WITHIN SAID REACTOR, AT LEAST ONE COMPACTED FUEL SLUG OF FISSIONABLE MATERIAL DISPERSED IN A NEUTRON MODERATOR, DISPOSED IN SAID SHELL, AND A SEALED CAN ENCLOSING SAID SLUG, SAID CAN BEING FORMED OF A NEUTRON MODERATOR MATERIAL HAVING A LOWER PERMEABILITY TO FISSION PRODUCTS THAN THE MATERIAL OF SAID SHELL WITH THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID CAN BEING GENERALLY SPACED FROM SAID SPACED FROM THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID SHELL, THEREBY PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SPACE EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID CAN WHEREFROM FISSION PRODUCTS MAY BE SWEPT BY COOLANT GAS DIFFUSING THROUGH SAID SHELL.
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