GB1245597A - Method and apparatus for the disintegration of fuel elements and/or breeder elements - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the disintegration of fuel elements and/or breeder elements

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GB1245597A
GB1245597A GB4489168A GB4489168A GB1245597A GB 1245597 A GB1245597 A GB 1245597A GB 4489168 A GB4489168 A GB 4489168A GB 4489168 A GB4489168 A GB 4489168A GB 1245597 A GB1245597 A GB 1245597A
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chamber
graphite
aperture
ferric chloride
fuel
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Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
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Kernforschungsanlage Juelich GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/42—Reprocessing of irradiated fuel
    • G21C19/44—Reprocessing of irradiated fuel of irradiated solid fuel
    • G21C19/48—Non-aqueous processes
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies

Abstract

1,245,597. Processing spent nuclear fuel. KERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE JULICH G.m.b.H. 20 Sept., 1968 [23 Sept., 1967], No. 44891/68. Heading G6R. Fuel elements comprising fuel particles coated with pyrolytic graphite and contained in a graphite envelope or embedded in a graphite matrix are disentegrated to separate the coated particles from the graphite of the envelope or matrix by reacting the fuel elements with ferric chloride at a temperature in the region 290- 350‹ C. The pyrolytic graphite is not affected. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises, Fig. 2, a reaction container, having chambers 1, 2, rotatable about its horizontal axis by a motor 8 and heated by coils 3, 4, 5. The chamber 1 is charged through a sealable aperture 6 with the fuel elements and with the ferric chloride and the entire container is heated to 290-350‹ C. by the coils 3, 4, 5 so that the graphite disintegrates. Chamber 2 is now cooled but chamber 1 is brought to 400‹ C. by the coils 3, 4 so that the ferric chloride evaporates and passes through aperture 2b in partition 2a into chamber 2 where it condenses for re-use, the conical plug 9 being withdrawn from the position shown to open the aperture. The contents of chamber 1 are removed through the aperture 6 by tilting the platform 11, the plug 9 then obstructing the aperture 2b to retain the ferric chloride in chamber 2.
GB4489168A 1967-09-23 1968-09-20 Method and apparatus for the disintegration of fuel elements and/or breeder elements Expired GB1245597A (en)

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DEK0063422 1967-09-23

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GB1245597A true GB1245597A (en) 1971-09-08

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109065206A (en) * 2018-07-25 2018-12-21 清华大学 The head end processing method of reactor fuel element based on electrochemical intercalation oxidizing process

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109065206A (en) * 2018-07-25 2018-12-21 清华大学 The head end processing method of reactor fuel element based on electrochemical intercalation oxidizing process

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DE1583893B1 (en) 1970-10-22
FR1584656A (en) 1969-12-26

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