Patents Assigned to ENUSA INDUSTRIAS AVANZADAS, S.A.
  • Fuel Element for Pressurised Water Nuclear Reactors and Method of Loading Fuel Elements Into a Nuclear Reactor Core
    Publication number: 20090041175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel assembly for pressurised water nuclear reactors comprising a plurality of nuclear fuel rods each of which comprises a plurality of pellets with nuclear fuel. The assembly includes both pellets with high-concentration gadolinium oxide (greater or equal to 6% by weight) and pellets with medium-concentration gadolinium oxide (greater than 2% by weight and less than or equal to 4% by weight). The invention also relates to a method for loading the core of a nuclear reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: ENUSA INDUSTRIAS AVANZADAS, S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Michel Mildrum, Jose Francisco Serrano Rodriguez