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Title: 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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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
757800
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A8922019
Application Number:
8-922,019; TRN: AH200031%%63
Assignee:
DOEGC; EDB-00:082111
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Patent Application
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1997 Sep 02; Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; DESIGN; FUEL ELEMENTS; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; HAFNIUM ALLOYS; ACTINIDE BURNER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; PLUTONIUM RECYCLE

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., 1997. Web.
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.
Crawford, Douglas C, Porter, Douglas L, Hayes, Steven L, and Hill, Robert N. 1997. "Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/757800.
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title = {Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor},
author = {Crawford, Douglas C and Porter, Douglas L and Hayes, Steven L and Hill, Robert N},
abstractNote = {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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
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