Fuel elements for high temperature reactors having special suitability for reuse of the structural graphite
US4000039A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1973 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There are prepared fuel elements for high temperature reactors from which the fuel zone can be removed from the structural graphite after the burnup of the fissile material has taken place so that the fuel element can be filled with new fuel and again placed in the reactor by having the strength of the matrix in the fuel zone sufficient for binding the embedded coated fuel particles but substantially less than the strength of the structural graphite whereby by the action of force it can be easily split up without destroying the particles.
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