公开(公告)号：US10062459B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US14787986

申请日：2014-04-24

Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

Inventor： Dario Pieck ,  Lionel Desgranges ,  Pierre Matheron ,  Yves Pontillon

IPC: G21C7/04 ,  C01G43/00 ,  G21C3/326

CPC classification number: G21C7/04 ,  C01G43/00 ,  C01P2002/76 ,  C01P2002/77 ,  C01P2004/82 ,  C01P2006/88 ,  G21C3/326 ,  Y02E30/38 ,  Y02E30/39

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel material made of uranium, gadolinium and oxygen, having a crystalline phase having cubic crystallographic structure, having an atomic ratio Gd/[Gd+U] of 0.6 to 0.93, the uranium being present in an oxidation state of +IV and/or +V. The invention further relates to the use of such a material as a consumable neutron poison of a fuel element.