GB2320800B - Method of manufacturing nuclear fuel pellets - Google Patents

Method of manufacturing nuclear fuel pellets

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Publication number
GB2320800B
GB2320800B GB9727259A GB9727259A GB2320800B GB 2320800 B GB2320800 B GB 2320800B GB 9727259 A GB9727259 A GB 9727259A GB 9727259 A GB9727259 A GB 9727259A GB 2320800 B GB2320800 B GB 2320800B
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Prior art keywords
nuclear fuel
fuel pellets
manufacturing nuclear
manufacturing
pellets
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9727259A
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GB2320800A (en
GB9727259D0 (en
Inventor
Yoshiharu Takahashi
Haruo Tsuchiya
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Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan
Mitsubishi Materials Corp
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Original Assignee
Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan
Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute
Mitsubishi Materials Corp
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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
    • 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
GB9727259A 1996-12-27 1997-12-23 Method of manufacturing nuclear fuel pellets Expired - Fee Related GB2320800B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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JP34944296A JP3170468B2 (en) 1996-12-27 1996-12-27 Method for producing nuclear fuel pellets

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GB9727259D0 GB9727259D0 (en) 1998-02-25
GB2320800A GB2320800A (en) 1998-07-01
GB2320800B true GB2320800B (en) 2001-02-07

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FR (1) FR2757993B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2320800B (en)

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GB1033143A (en) * 1962-07-03 1966-06-15 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to the production of spheroids
US4676935A (en) * 1980-03-19 1987-06-30 Alkem Gmbh Method of producing mixed-oxide nuclear fuel pellets soluble in nitric acid
EP0377077A1 (en) * 1988-12-27 1990-07-11 Mitsubishi Materials Corporation UO2 pellet fabrication process
WO1996025746A1 (en) * 1995-02-14 1996-08-22 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft PROCESS FOR PRODUCING (U, Pu)O2 MIXED OXIDE PELLETS
WO1997006535A1 (en) * 1995-08-03 1997-02-20 British Nuclear Fuels Plc Nuclear fuel pellets

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GB2320800A (en) 1998-07-01
FR2757993A1 (en) 1998-07-03
FR2757993B1 (en) 1999-12-31
JP3170468B2 (en) 2001-05-28
JPH10186075A (en) 1998-07-14
GB9727259D0 (en) 1998-02-25

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