Grain boundary enhanced UN and U3Si2 pellets with improved oxidation resistance
Abstract
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:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1987019
- Patent Number(s):
- 11551822
- Application Number:
- 17/473,433
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, PA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NE0008222
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 09/13/2021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
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., 2023.
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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.
Lahoda, Edward J., Xu, Peng, Oelrich, Jr., Robert L., Shah, Hemant, Wright, Jonathan, and Cai, Lu. Tue .
"Grain boundary enhanced UN and U3Si2 pellets with improved oxidation resistance". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1987019.
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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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