GB2107691B - Production of ceramic nuclear fuel pellets - Google Patents

Production of ceramic nuclear fuel pellets

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Publication number
GB2107691B
GB2107691B GB08131497A GB8131497A GB2107691B GB 2107691 B GB2107691 B GB 2107691B GB 08131497 A GB08131497 A GB 08131497A GB 8131497 A GB8131497 A GB 8131497A GB 2107691 B GB2107691 B GB 2107691B
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production
nuclear fuel
fuel pellets
ceramic nuclear
ceramic
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GB08131497A
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Inventor
Frank Rigby
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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    • 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
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
    • C04B—LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
    • C04B35/00—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products
    • C04B35/51—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on compounds of actinides
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
    • C04B—LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
    • C04B35/00—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products
    • C04B35/622—Forming processes; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products
    • C04B35/64—Burning or sintering 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Compositions Of Oxide Ceramics (AREA)
GB08131497A 1981-10-19 1981-10-19 Production of ceramic nuclear fuel pellets Expired GB2107691B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08131497A GB2107691B (en) 1981-10-19 1981-10-19 Production of ceramic nuclear fuel pellets

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08131497A GB2107691B (en) 1981-10-19 1981-10-19 Production of ceramic nuclear fuel pellets

Publications (2)

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GB2107691A GB2107691A (en) 1983-05-05
GB2107691B true GB2107691B (en) 1985-01-09

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Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2744557B1 (en) * 1996-02-07 1998-02-27 Commissariat Energie Atomique COMPOSITE NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE MATERIAL
FR2817385B1 (en) * 2000-11-30 2005-10-07 Framatome Anp PASTILLE OF NUCLEAR FUEL OXIDE AND PENCIL COMPRISING A STACK OF SUCH PELLETS
ES2686196T3 (en) 2014-09-08 2018-10-16 Westinghouse Electric Sweden Ab Method of manufacturing a nuclear fuel pellet for a nuclear power reactor

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