摘要:
The invention relates to light water reactor designs in which thorium is used as fuel and in particular to designs of jacketless fuel assemblies, which make up the cores of pressurized water reactors (PWRs) such as the VVER-1000. A fuel element is provided for use in a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor, the fuel element comprising a kernel comprising fissionable material, wherein the fuel element has a multi-lobed profile that forms spiral ribs.
摘要:
The present invention provides a nuclear fuel assembly, where a boron-containing compound is used as a burnable poison and is distributed in a majority of the rods in the assembly. The assembly comprises a plurality of fuel rods, each fuel rod containing a plurality of nuclear fuel pellets, wherein at least one fuel pellet in more than 50% of the fuel rods in the fuel assembly comprises a sintered admixture of a metal oxide, metal carbide or metal nitride and a boron-containing compound.
摘要:
A nuclear fuel pellet (100) having concentric layers of nuclear fuel in which an outer layer (130) has less fissionable nuclear fuel per unit volume and substantially the same amount of fertile material per unit volume as an inner core (110).
摘要:
Nuclear fuel assemblies include non-symmetrical fuel elements with reduced lateral dimensions on their outer lateral sides that facilitate fitting the fuel assembly into the predefined envelope size and guide tube position and pattern of a conventional nuclear reactor. Nuclear fuel assemblies alternatively comprise a mixed grid pattern that positions generally similar fuel elements in a compact arrangement that facilitates fitting of the assembly into the conventional nuclear reactor.
摘要:
A method of stabilizing a fuel containing a reactive sodium metal may include puncturing a cladding of a fuel pin enclosing the fuel containing the reactive sodium metal to form an injection passage and an extraction passage. A reaction gas may be injected into the fuel pin through the injection passage to react with the reactive sodium metal to form a stable sodium compound. A ratio of a product gas and a remaining quantity of the reaction gas exiting the fuel pin through the extraction passage is subsequently measured, wherein the product gas is a reaction product of the reaction gas and the reactive sodium metal within the fuel pin. Once the measured ratio indicates that a reaction between the reaction gas and the reactive sodium metal is complete, the injection passage and the extraction passage are sealed so as to confine the stable sodium compound within the fuel pin.
摘要:
A fuel assembly (1) for a nuclear reactor comprises a bundle of fuel rods (3) with a first group of fuel rods (5a) and a second group of fuel rods (5b). Each fuel rod comprises a cladding tube (15) and stack of fuel pellets (12) enclosed within the cladding tube. At least a main portion (13) of the fuel stack comprises a fissile nuclear material comprising Plutonium and Thorium, and is arranged with an axial hole (22). Said main portion (13) of the fuel stack of each fuel rod (5a) of the first group comprises a first axial hole (22a) constituting a first volume and said main portion of the fuel stack of each fuel rod (5b) of the second group comprises a second axial hole (22b) constituting a second volume. The first volume and the second volume are different.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for producing carbon materials or graphite materials for nuclear applications, characterized in that baking processes, graphitizing processes, and the cooling process are performed in vacuum conditions or in an inert-gas atmosphere or in a carbon monoxide atmosphere or in a hydrogen atmosphere. The invention further relates to carbon materials or graphite materials produced by means of the method in order to minimize the formation of radiocarbon by means of activation processes of nitrogen.