Abstract: A nuclear fuel element comprising sintered pellets based on uraniferous oxide which are surrounded by a metallic sheath and permitting trapping of the fission products which appear in the course of irradiation characterized in that the pellets contain or are coated with or that the sheath is internally coated with an agent for trapping said fission products based on mixed metallic oxide comprising SiO.sub.2 and one at least of the oxides ZrO.sub.2 or CeO.sub.2.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 1992
Date of Patent:
December 7, 1993
Assignee:
Uranium Pechiney
Inventors:
Bernard Bastide, Bertrand Morel, Michel Allibert