FUEL ELEMENT

Patent · Tue Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4832588

Fortescue, P; Zumwalt, L R

A fuel element was developed for a gas cooled nuclear reactor. The element is constructed in the form of a compacted fuel slug including carbides of fissionable material in some cases with a breeder material carbide and a moderator which slug is disposed in a canning jacket of relatively impermeable moderator material. Such canned fuel slugs are disposed in an elongated shell of moderator having greater gas permeability than the canning material wherefore application of reduced pressure to the space therebetween causes gas diffusing through the exterior shell to sweep fission products from the system. Integral fission product traps and/or exterior traps as well as a fission product monitoring system may be employed therewith. (AEC)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-16-001229
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 3010889
• OSTI ID: 4832588
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
BREEDING
CANNING
CARBIDES
CONFIGURATION
CONTAMINATION
COOLANT LOOPS
DECONTAMINATION
DIFFUSION
FABRICATION
FERTILE MATERIALS
FISSION PRODUCTS
FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GAS COOLANT
JACKETS
MODERATORS
MONITORING
PATENT
PLANNING
POISONING
POROSITY
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
REACTOR CORE
RODS