Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:870018

Reese, Anthony P ^[1]; Stachowski, Russell E ^[2]

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1. San Jose, CA
2. Fremont, CA

A nuclear fuel bundle includes a square array of fuel rods each having a concentration of enriched uranium and plutonium. Each rod of an interior array of the rods also has a concentration of gadolinium. The interior array of rods is surrounded by an exterior array of rods void of gadolinium. By this design, usage of plutonium in the nuclear reactor is enhanced.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-93SF19681
• Assignee: General Electric Company (San Jose, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5440598
• OSTI ID: 870018
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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