GB838838A - Fissile material elements and method of producing fissile material rods for such elements - Google Patents

Fissile material elements and method of producing fissile material rods for such elements

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Publication number
GB838838A
GB838838A GB29325/58A GB2932558A GB838838A GB 838838 A GB838838 A GB 838838A GB 29325/58 A GB29325/58 A GB 29325/58A GB 2932558 A GB2932558 A GB 2932558A GB 838838 A GB838838 A GB 838838A
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fissile material
tube
elements
graphite
fissile
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GB29325/58A
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Sulzer AG
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Sulzer AG
Sulzer Freres SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C21/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts thereof
    • G21C21/02—Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings
    • 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
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/16—Details of the construction within the casing
    • 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
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • 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)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Alloys Or Alloy Compounds (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)

Abstract

838,838. Nuclear fuel elements. SULZER FRERES S. A. Sept. 12, 1958 [Sept. 12, 1957], No. 29325/58. Class 39(4). [Also in Group XXII] A nuclear fuel element comprises a cooling tube embedded in a rod of fissile material, the rod being composed of separated sections arranged along the tube. Fig. 1 shows Zr cooling tubes 1 embedded in fissile material 2 and surrounded by graphite powder 6 in a graphite tube 5. An Al jacket thermally insulated by a space 7 is provided. The fissile material may have longitudinal, transverse or helical slots. The rods are made by fitting sections of fissile material 9, Fig. 3, along the cooling tube, with perforated graphite spacers 3, and heating the whole in a graphite mould 10 in a ceramic vacuum vessel 11 from the bottom upwards, so that the fissile sections melt, forming an intermetallic bond with the surface of the tube. The coolant may be heavy water.
GB29325/58A 1957-09-12 1958-09-12 Fissile material elements and method of producing fissile material rods for such elements Expired GB838838A (en)

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CH838838X 1957-09-12

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GB838838A true GB838838A (en) 1960-06-22

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BE (1) BE571126A (en)
CH (1) CH351347A (en)
DE (1) DE1068821B (en)
FR (1) FR1197317A (en)
GB (1) GB838838A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3111477A (en) * 1961-11-15 1963-11-19 Raymond W Bean Fuel element
US3178354A (en) * 1961-07-25 1965-04-13 Jackson & Moreland Inc Steam cooled nuclear reactor system with improved fuel element assembly
US3240677A (en) * 1962-06-13 1966-03-15 Sulzer Ag Nuclear reactor having pressure tubes
GB2145016A (en) * 1983-05-09 1985-03-20 Darchem Limited Manufacturing a composite tube of dissimilar metals or alloys

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BE591447A (en) * 1959-06-03
GB923343A (en) * 1959-08-17 1963-04-10 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel elements
DE1177261B (en) * 1960-03-05 1964-09-03 Siemens Ag Nuclear reactor fuel rod
NL266238A (en) * 1960-06-28
DE1215826B (en) * 1960-07-25 1966-05-05 Siemens Planiawerke Ag Method of making a nuclear reactor fuel element
NL275721A (en) * 1961-03-09
DE1248176B (en) * 1961-03-21 1967-08-24 Sigri Elektrographit Gmbh Nuclear reactor fuel element for high temperatures
BE627855A (en) * 1962-02-08 1900-01-01
US3274070A (en) * 1963-05-31 1966-09-20 Gen Dynamics Corp Fuel element with improved purge gas arrangement
GB2282478B (en) * 1993-10-01 1997-08-13 Us Energy Method of fabricating 99Mo production targets using low enriched uranium

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CH286658A (en) * 1950-11-09 1952-10-31 Sulzer Ag Process for harnessing atomic energy and nuclear reactor for carrying out the process.
US2798848A (en) * 1951-07-13 1957-07-09 Kenneth H Kingdon Neutronic reactor fuel element
GB754183A (en) * 1954-05-14 1956-08-01 Asea Ab Improvements in nuclear-chain reactors
BE626837A (en) * 1955-02-16 1900-01-01

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3178354A (en) * 1961-07-25 1965-04-13 Jackson & Moreland Inc Steam cooled nuclear reactor system with improved fuel element assembly
US3111477A (en) * 1961-11-15 1963-11-19 Raymond W Bean Fuel element
US3240677A (en) * 1962-06-13 1966-03-15 Sulzer Ag Nuclear reactor having pressure tubes
GB2145016A (en) * 1983-05-09 1985-03-20 Darchem Limited Manufacturing a composite tube of dissimilar metals or alloys

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BE571126A (en)
FR1197317A (en) 1959-11-30
DE1068821B (en) 1959-11-12
CH351347A (en) 1961-01-15

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