GB854096A - Alloy members suitable for use as nuclear fuel elements and process for making the same - Google Patents

Alloy members suitable for use as nuclear fuel elements and process for making the same

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Publication number
GB854096A
GB854096A GB5126/59A GB512659A GB854096A GB 854096 A GB854096 A GB 854096A GB 5126/59 A GB5126/59 A GB 5126/59A GB 512659 A GB512659 A GB 512659A GB 854096 A GB854096 A GB 854096A
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alloy
nuclear fuel
fuel elements
shapes
making
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22C—ALLOYS
    • C22C43/00—Alloys containing radioactive materials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C21/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts thereof
    • G21C21/02—Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/06—Casings; Jackets
    • G21C3/07—Casings; Jackets characterised by their material, e.g. alloys
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/28—Fuel elements with fissile or breeder material in solid form within a non-active casing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/42—Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel
    • G21C3/58—Solid reactor fuel Pellets made of fissile material
    • G21C3/60—Metallic fuel; Intermetallic dispersions
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • 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
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Forging (AREA)
  • Extrusion Of Metal (AREA)
  • Manufacture And Refinement Of Metals (AREA)

Abstract

A uranium alloy with high corrosion resistance and low irradiation growth contains 1%-30% Zr, 3%-25% Nb, and not less than 60% uranium; impurities should be less than 0.15%. Alloy ingots are prepared by double arc melting in a vacuum or an inert atmosphere and are hot worked by forging or extrusion at above 650 DEG C. The worked alloy shapes are then rapidly cooled to keep the alloy in the gamma phase. The shapes may be clad, preferably in an alloy of Zr with 0.1%-2.5% Sn and 0.1%-2% from the group Fe, Ni, Cr; up to 2% Be may be added. The ingots are put in a tube or other container before the hot working. The clad shapes are used as nuclear fuel elements.
GB5126/59A 1958-02-27 1959-02-13 Alloy members suitable for use as nuclear fuel elements and process for making the same Expired GB854096A (en)

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US71809158A 1958-02-27 1958-02-27

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GB854096A true GB854096A (en) 1960-11-16

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CH (1) CH387180A (en)
FR (1) FR1221160A (en)
GB (1) GB854096A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2777688A1 (en) * 1998-04-17 1999-10-22 Korea Atomic Energy Res Nuclear dispersion fuel production using uranium alloy powders
US11456083B2 (en) * 2017-05-12 2022-09-27 Westinghouse Electric Sweden Ab Nuclear fuel pellet, a fuel rod, and a fuel assembly

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3528545A1 (en) * 1985-08-08 1987-02-19 Kraftwerk Union Ag FUEL ROD FOR A CORE REACTOR FUEL

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2777688A1 (en) * 1998-04-17 1999-10-22 Korea Atomic Energy Res Nuclear dispersion fuel production using uranium alloy powders
US11456083B2 (en) * 2017-05-12 2022-09-27 Westinghouse Electric Sweden Ab Nuclear fuel pellet, a fuel rod, and a fuel assembly

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CH387180A (en) 1965-01-31
FR1221160A (en) 1960-05-31

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