Methods for making a porous nuclear fuel element

Youchison, Dennis L; Williams, Brian E; Benander, Robert E

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Title: Methods for making a porous nuclear fuel element

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Porous nuclear fuel elements for use in advanced high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors (HTGR's), and to processes for fabricating them. Advanced uranium bi-carbide, uranium tri-carbide and uranium carbonitride nuclear fuels can be used. These fuels have high melting temperatures, high thermal conductivity, and high resistance to erosion by hot hydrogen gas. Tri-carbide fuels, such as (U,Zr,Nb)C, can be fabricated using chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) to simultaneously deposit each of the three separate carbides, e.g., UC, ZrC, and NbC in a single CVI step. By using CVI, the nuclear fuel may be deposited inside of a highly porous skeletal structure made of, for example, reticulated vitreous carbon foam.

Inventors:: Youchison, Dennis L; Williams, Brian E; Benander, Robert E

Issue Date:: 2014-12-30

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1166763

Patent Number(s):: 8920871

Application Number:: 14/011,726

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES 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

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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G21C21/02 - Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings
G21C3/58 - Solid reactor fuel {Pellets made of fissile material}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES 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
Y02E30/30 - Nuclear fission reactors

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 27

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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Method for producing pure monocarbides, mononitrides and carbonitrides
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Method of making a graphite fuel element having carbonaceous fuel bodies
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Block fuel element for gas-cooled high temperature reactors
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Method for continuous production of niobium-germanium layers on a substrate
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Sic barrier overcoating and infiltration of fuel compact
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Zone sintering of ceramic fuels
patent, June 1994

Filter and method of forming
patent, December 1994

Copper based neutron absorbing material for nuclear waste containers and method for making same
patent, April 1997

Process for making carbon foam
patent, March 2000

Pitch-based carbon foam heat sink with phase change material
patent, March 2000

Method for producing controlled aspect ratio reticulated carbon foam and the resultant foam
patent, August 2000

Fluidized bed coating process with liquid reagent
patent, February 2001

Lightweight precision optical mirror substrate and method of making
patent, March 2001

Process for making uranium carbide
patent, July 2003

Process for manufacturing enhanced thermal conductivity oxide nuclear fuel and the nuclear fuel
patent, February 2010

Porous nuclear fuel element for high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors
patent, March 2011

Ceramic matrix laminates
patent, May 2012

Method and device for heating gas from a thin layer of nuclear fuel, and space engine using such method
patent-application, June 2002

Multi-layered ceramic tube for fuel containment barrier and other applications in nuclear and fossil power plants
patent-application, February 2006

Silicon carbide ceramic containing materials, their methods of manufacture and articles comprising the same
patent-application, January 2008

Process for manufacturing enhanced thermal conductivity oxide nuclear fuel and the neclear fuel
patent-application, February 2008

Method of Manufacturing Nuclear Fuel Elements and a Container for Implementing Such a Method
patent-application, November 2010

A new method for infiltration coating complex geometry matrices with compound materials for ISOL production target applications
journal, March 2004

Criteria for selection of target materials and design of high-efficiency-release targets for radioactive ion beam generation
journal, December 1999

Cellular SiC ceramic from stems of corn—processing and microstructure
journal, April 2006

Ceramic foams from preceramic polymers
journal, December 2002

Conventional and novel processing methods for cellular ceramics
journal, November 2005

Cellular Ceramics: Intriguing Structures, Novel Properties, and Innovative Applications
journal, April 2003

Processing of microcellular SiC foams: Part II Ceramic foam production
journal, February 1995

Processing and fabrication of mixed uranium/refractory metal carbide fuels with liquid-phase sintering
journal, November 2002

From carbon nanobells to nickel nanotubes
journal, January 2009

Preparation of silicon carbide–silicon nitride composite foams from pre-ceramic polymers
journal, October 2000

Mechanical reinforcement of carbon foam by hafnium carbide deposit
journal, September 1999

Processing Routes to Macroporous Ceramics: A Review
journal, June 2006

The high temperature compressive strength of non-oxide ceramic foams
journal, November 1996