Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
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- Idaho Falls, ID
- Bolingbrook, IL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872218
- Patent Number(s):
- 5887044
- Assignee:
- United States of America as respresented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fuel; element; design; enhanced; destruction; plutonium; nuclear; reactor; uranium-free; fast; comprising; alloy; zr; hf; amount; 10; weight; form; surrounded; zr-hf; pu-zr-hf; combination; reactor comprising; fuel element; nuclear reactor; fast nuclear; enhanced destruction; /376/
Citation Formats
Crawford, Douglas C, Porter, Douglas L, Hayes, Steven L, and Hill, Robert N. Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Crawford, Douglas C, Porter, Douglas L, Hayes, Steven L, & Hill, Robert N. Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor. United States.
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"Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872218.
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