Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel
Patent
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OSTI ID:870018
- San Jose, CA
- 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
- 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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