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Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:872218
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Idaho Falls, ID
  2. Bolingbrook, IL
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A uranium-free fuel for a fast nuclear reactor comprising an alloy of Pu, Zr and Hf, wherein Hf is present in an amount less than about 10% by weight of the alloy. The fuel may be in the form of a Pu alloy surrounded by a Zr--Hf alloy or an alloy of Pu--Zr--Hf or a combination of both.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
United States of America as respresented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5887044
OSTI ID:
872218
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Metallic fast reactor fuels journal January 1997
Fuel constituent redistribution during the early stages of U-Pu-Zr irradiation journal July 1990

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