Grain boundary enhanced UN and U3Si2 pellets with improved oxidation resistance

Lahoda, Edward J.; Xu, Peng; Oelrich, Robert L.; Shah, Hemant; Wright, Jonathan; Cai, Lu

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Title: Grain boundary enhanced UN and U3Si2 pellets with improved oxidation resistance

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A method of forming a water resistant boundary on a fissile material for use in a water cooled nuclear reactor is described. The method comprises mixing a powdered fissile material selected from the group consisting of UN and U₃Si₂ with an additive selected from oxidation resistant materials having a melting or softening point lower than the sintering temperature of the fissile material, pressing the mixed fissile and additive materials into a pellet, sintering the pellet to a temperature greater than the melting point of the additive. Alternatively, if the melting point of the oxidation resistant particles is greater than the sintering temperature of UN or U₃Si₂, then the oxidation resistant particles can have a particle size distribution less than that of the UN or U₃Si₂.

Inventors:: Lahoda, Edward J.; Xu, Peng; Oelrich, Jr., Robert L.; Shah, Hemant; Wright, Jonathan; Cai, Lu

Issue Date:: 2021-10-12

Research Org.:: Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1859948

Patent Number(s):: 11145425

Application Number:: 16/260,889

Assignee:: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, PA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

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C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA
C04B2235/32 - Metal oxides, mixed metal oxides, or oxide-forming salts thereof, e.g. carbonates, nitrates,
C04B2235/3205 - Alkaline earth oxides or oxide forming salts thereof, e.g. beryllium oxide
C04B2235/3248 - Zirconates or hafnates, e.g. zircon
C04B2235/365 - Borosilicate glass
C04B2235/3852 - Nitrides, e.g. oxynitrides, carbonitrides, oxycarbonitrides, lithium nitride, magnesium nitride
C04B2235/3891 - Silicides, e.g. molybdenum disilicide, iron silicide
C04B2235/40 - Metallic constituents or additives not added as binding phase
C04B2235/401 - Alkaline earth metals
C04B2235/402 - Aluminium
C04B2235/404 - Refractory metals
C04B2235/405 - Iron group metals
C04B2235/407 - Copper
C04B2235/614 - Gas infiltration of green bodies or pre-forms
C04B2235/666 - Applying a current during sintering, e.g. plasma sintering [SPS], electrical resistance heating or pulse electric current sintering [PECS]
C04B2235/668 - Pressureless sintering
C04B2235/85 - Intergranular or grain boundary phases
C04B35/5158 - {based on actinide compounds}
C04B35/58 - based on borides, nitrides, {i.e. nitrides, oxynitrides, carbonitrides or oxycarbonitrides} or silicides {
C04B35/58085 - {based on silicides}
C04B35/62685 - {characterised by the order of addition of constituents or additives}
C04B35/62805 - {Oxide ceramics}
C04B35/6281 - {Alkaline earth metal oxides}
C04B35/62823 - {Zirconium or hafnium oxide}
C04B35/62828 - {Non-oxide ceramics}
C04B35/62836 - {Nitrides}
C04B35/62842 - {Metals}
C04B35/62884 - {by gas phase techniques}
C04B35/645 - Pressure sintering
C04B35/6455 - {Hot isostatic pressing}

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G21C21/02 - Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings
G21C21/12 - by hydrostatic or thermo-pneumatic canning {in general by pressing without lengthening, e.g. explosive coating}
G21C3/045 - {Pellets}
G21C3/20 - with coating on fuel or on inside of casing
G21C3/22 - with fissile or breeder material in contact with coolant
G21C3/58 - Solid reactor fuel {Pellets made of fissile material}
G21C3/62 - Ceramic fuel
G21C3/626 - {Coated fuel particles}

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:: NE0008222

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 01/29/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Lahoda, Edward J., Xu, Peng, Oelrich, Jr., Robert L., Shah, Hemant, Wright, Jonathan, and Cai, Lu. Grain boundary enhanced UN and U3Si2 pellets with improved oxidation resistance.  United States: N. p., 2021. 
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                    Lahoda, Edward J., Xu, Peng, Oelrich, Jr., Robert L., Shah, Hemant, Wright, Jonathan, & Cai, Lu. Grain boundary enhanced UN and U3Si2 pellets with improved oxidation resistance.  United States.

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  abstractNote = {A method of forming a water resistant boundary on a fissile material for use in a water cooled nuclear reactor is described. The method comprises mixing a powdered fissile material selected from the group consisting of UN and U3Si2 with an additive selected from oxidation resistant materials having a melting or softening point lower than the sintering temperature of the fissile material, pressing the mixed fissile and additive materials into a pellet, sintering the pellet to a temperature greater than the melting point of the additive. Alternatively, if the melting point of the oxidation resistant particles is greater than the sintering temperature of UN or U3Si2, then the oxidation resistant particles can have a particle size distribution less than that of the UN or U3Si2.},

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