Abstract:
A core of a light water reactor has a plurality of fuel assemblies. The fuel assemblies include a plurality of fuel rods in which a lower end is supported by a lower tie-plate and an upper end is supported by an upper tie-plate. The fuel rods form plenums above a nuclear fuel material zone and have a neutron absorbing material filling zone under the nuclear fuel material zone. Neutron absorbing members attached to the upper tie-plate are disposed between mutual plenums of the neighboring fuel rods above the nuclear fuel material zone. The neutron absorbing members have a length of 500 mm and are positioned at a distance of 300 mm from the nuclear fuel material zone. Even if the overall core is assumed to become a state of 100% void, no positive reactivity is inserted to the core.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in which corrosion resistance of locations in contact with nitric acid is improved.SOLUTION: A device for a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is characterized in that locations in contact with nitric acid are coated with a metal or metal-oxide coating material having corrosion resistance to nitric acid. The metal is preferably at least one kind selected from Zr, Nb, Ta, Hf, Ti, Rh, and Pt.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recycling method of uranium from spent nuclear fuel improving the recovery rate of plutonium, even if a uranium separation method with a high amount of accompanying Pu is used. SOLUTION: The recycling method of uranium from spent nuclear fuel in which UF 6 is obtained from spent nuclear fuel includes a uranium separation step to separate recovered uranium 5 from spent nuclear fuel 11; a fluorination device 1 for fluorination-volatilizing the recovered uranium 5 obtained in the uranium separation step; and a uranium-based absorbent trap 4 for capturing plutonium as solid uranium compounds from the recovered uranium 5 fluorinated and volatilized by the fluorination device, and the plutonium captured by the uranium absorbent trap 4 is returned to the previous or next step of the uranium separation step. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently recover a large amount of U and TRU without increasing an amount of liquid metal used as an anode by steadily maintaining the interface of a liquid metal electrode of a molten salt electrolytic refiner to an original composition. SOLUTION: The molten salt electrolytic refiner having an electrolytic cell installed in an electric furnace and housed with a molten salt, an anode container charged with a used nuclear fuel, and a liquid metal crucible housed with liquid metal cathode is equipped with a compressive apparatus which compresses the solid precipitated object generated at the interface of the liquid metal cathode to a liquid metal cathode bottom. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reductor for reclaiming spent oxide nuclear fuel which includes electrodes that are free from problems with corrosion resistance even in the use in high-temperature molten salt as electrodes used in the reclamation of spent oxide nuclear fuel and also problems with an electrical short circuit caused by the missing of any electrode materials and the like. SOLUTION: In the reductor 10 where the spent oxide nuclear fuel 16 held by the cathode 11 and the anode 12 are submerged in a molten salt 13, current 15 is passed through the cathode 11 and the anode 12 and reduction treatment is given to oxides of uranium, plutonium and minor actinides contained in the spent oxide fuel 16 to obtain uranium, plutonium and minor actinides from the spent oxide nuclear fuel 16 by reclaiming them in the form of metal; an oxide ion conductive solid electrolyte is used as the anode 12. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT