ZIRCONIUM NIOBIUM-TIN-IRON ALLOY FOR USE IN NUCLEAR REACTORS AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE - Patent 1259653

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EP 1 259 653 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/48

(21)	Application number: 01906602.6

(22)	Date of filing: 19.01.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C22C 16/00, C22F 1/18, G21C 3/07

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0101/845

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0106/1062 (23.08.2001 Gazette 2001/34)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.02.2000 US 506913

(71)	Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
	Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	COMSTOCK, Robert, J. Irwin, PA 15642 (US) SABOL, George, P. Export, PA 15632 (US)

(74)	Representative: Luckhurst, Anthony Henry William
	MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	ZIRCONIUM NIOBIUM-TIN-IRON ALLOY FOR USE IN NUCLEAR REACTORS AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE