Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
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- San Jose, CA
- Fremont, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 870018
- Patent Number(s):
- 5440598
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (San Jose, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-93SF19681
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fuel; bundle; design; enhanced; usage; plutonium; nuclear; square; array; rods; concentration; enriched; uranium; rod; interior; gadolinium; surrounded; exterior; void; reactor; fuel bundle; enriched uranium; fuel rods; nuclear fuel; nuclear reactor; fuel rod; /376/
Citation Formats
Reese, Anthony P, and Stachowski, Russell E. Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel. United States: N. p., 1995.
Web.
Reese, Anthony P, & Stachowski, Russell E. Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel. United States.
Reese, Anthony P, and Stachowski, Russell E. Sun .
"Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870018.
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title = {Fuel bundle design for enhanced usage of plutonium fuel},
author = {Reese, Anthony P and Stachowski, Russell E},
abstractNote = {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.},
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journal = {},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1995},
month = {1}
}
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