Nuclear fuel

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9378851
APP PUB NO 20140220230A1
SERIAL NO

14248019

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This invention relates to a method of preparing nuclear fuel including the step of depositing at least two adjacent series of layers (16, 18) around a kernel (12) of fissile material, each series comprising a layer of pyrolytic carbon (16) contiguous with a layer of silicon carbide (18) and each layer (16, 18) having a thickness of at most (10) micrometers, such that alternate layers of (16, 18) of pyrolytic carbon and silicon carbide are deposited around the kernel (12). The invention extends to a nuclear fuel element (10).

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PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTOR (PROPRIETARY) LIMITEDCENTURION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kuczynski, Leszek Andrzej Pretoria, ZA 7 16

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