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Nuclear reactor fuel elements
Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
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Filing: 1962-03-12
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Granted: 1965-06-15
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Expires: 1982-03-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Blake Leslie Reginald
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:55
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21C; G21C3/00; G21C3/02; G21C3/04; G21C3/16; G21C3/17; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A FUEL ELEMENT FOR A NUCULAR REACTOR COMPRISING A METAL SHEATH, AND AN INTEGRAL SECTION OF NUCLEAR FUEL CONTAINED WITHIN SAID SHEATH, SAID SECTION OF NECLEAR FUEL BEING IN DIRECTION AND INTIMATE CONTACT OVER ITS OUTER PERIPHERY WITH THE SHEATH AND BEING SLOTTED FROM ITS OUTER PERIPHERY TO A DEPTH REACHING THE CENTER OF THE FUEL SECTION THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID SECTION, OPPOSING WALLS OF THE SLOT BEING SPACED APART TO ALLOW FROM ELASTIC RADIAL DEFORMATION OF THE SECTION OF NUCLEAR FUEL, THE VOIDAGE INTERNALLY OF THE SHEATH RESULTING FROM THE SLOT BEING FILLED WITH A GASEOUS MEDIUM WHICH IS INERT TOWARD THE FUEL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
A FUEL ELEMENT FOR A NUCULAR REACTOR COMPRISING A METAL SHEATH, AND AN INTEGRAL SECTION OF NUCLEAR FUEL CONTAINED WITHIN SAID SHEATH, SAID SECTION OF NECLEAR FUEL BEING IN DIRECTION AND INTIMATE CONTACT OVER ITS OUTER PERIPHERY WITH THE SHEATH AND BEING SLOTTED FROM ITS OUTER PERIPHERY TO A DEPTH REACHING THE CENTER OF THE FUEL SECTION THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID SECTION, OPPOSING WALLS OF THE SLOT BEING SPACED APART TO ALLOW FROM ELASTIC RADIAL DEFORMATION OF THE SECTION OF NUCLEAR FUEL, THE VOIDAGE INTERNALLY OF THE SHEATH RESULTING FROM THE SLOT BEING FILLED WITH A GASEOUS MEDIUM WHICH IS INERT TOWARD THE FUEL.
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