Patents Assigned to Westinghouse Electric Copmany LLC
  • Crud-resistant nuclear fuel cladding
    Patent number: 6813329
    Abstract: A crud-resistant nuclear fuel element cladding in which the axial locations that experience nucleate boiling during reactor full power operation are highly polished so that the maximum size of any surface defect on the highly polished surface is approximately 0.1 microns. The remainder of the cladding surface remains unpolished so that crud is more evenly redistributed over the entire fuel cladding surface to limit the thickness of the crud that is formed to less than 35 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Copmany LLC
    Inventors: William A. Byers, Dmitry V. Paramonov, Milorad B. Dzodzo, Zeses E. Karoutas, Michael Y. Young