GB1105325A - Improvements in or relating to the production of fuel for nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to the production of fuel for nuclear reactors

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Publication number
GB1105325A
GB1105325A GB27041/64A GB2704164A GB1105325A GB 1105325 A GB1105325 A GB 1105325A GB 27041/64 A GB27041/64 A GB 27041/64A GB 2704164 A GB2704164 A GB 2704164A GB 1105325 A GB1105325 A GB 1105325A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
binder
fuel
solvent
granules
air
Prior art date
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Expired
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GB27041/64A
Inventor
William Lionel Wilkinson
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Publication date
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to US463715A priority Critical patent/US3321560A/en
Priority to DE19651592536 priority patent/DE1592536C3/en
Priority to SE8450/65A priority patent/SE314140B/xx
Priority to ES0314779A priority patent/ES314779A1/en
Publication of GB1105325A publication Critical patent/GB1105325A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2/00—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic
    • B01J2/02—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic by dividing the liquid material into drops, e.g. by spraying, and solidifying the drops
    • B01J2/04—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic by dividing the liquid material into drops, e.g. by spraying, and solidifying the drops in a gaseous medium
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/42—Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel
    • G21C3/58—Solid reactor fuel Pellets made of fissile material
    • G21C3/62—Ceramic fuel
    • G21C3/623—Oxide fuels
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

Abstract

A ceramic nuclear fuel powder is mixed with a solution of a binder in an excess of an organic chlorinated hydrocarbon solvent to form a slurry which is spray-dried to produce granules of the fuel and binder. The nuclear fuel may be UO2, UO2-PuO2, or uranium carbide. The binder solution may comprise polybutylmethacrylate and dibutyl phthalate dissolved in excess trichlorethylene. Another suitable solvent is carbon tetrachloride. Suitable apparatus is described with reference to a drawing in which a slurry of UO2 powder and the binder solution is fed to a rotating disc type spray dryer and contacted with heated air. The granules formed are collected, the air and solvent vapour filtered, and the solvent recovered. A perforated tube acts as an air rake to remove product from the walls of the dryer. Alternatively a nozzle atomizer type of spray dryer may be used. The granules may be compacted, sintered, and the binder removed to form fuel elements.
GB27041/64A 1964-06-30 1964-06-30 Improvements in or relating to the production of fuel for nuclear reactors Expired GB1105325A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US463715A US3321560A (en) 1964-06-30 1965-06-14 Production of fuel for nuclear reactors
DE19651592536 DE1592536C3 (en) 1964-06-30 1965-06-23 Process for the production of granules of ceramic nuclear fuel
SE8450/65A SE314140B (en) 1964-06-30 1965-06-24
ES0314779A ES314779A1 (en) 1964-06-30 1965-06-30 Method for granular nuclear fuel ceramic type. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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BE666106A BE666106A (en) 1965-06-29 1965-06-29

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GB1105325A true GB1105325A (en) 1968-03-06

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5500162A (en) * 1992-05-04 1996-03-19 Nukem Gmbh Process and device for producing microspheres

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5500162A (en) * 1992-05-04 1996-03-19 Nukem Gmbh Process and device for producing microspheres

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BE666106A (en) 1965-12-29

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