Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a nuclear reactor

Patent Application · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:757800

Crawford, Douglas C; Porter, Douglas L; Hayes, Steven L; Hill, Robert N

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.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: DOEGC; EDB-00:082111
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A8922019
• Application Number: 8-922,019; TRN: AH200031%%63
• OSTI ID: 757800
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1997 Sep 02; Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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