Nuclear fuel pellets
US5978431A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of producing mixed oxide fuel pellets. The method uses oxides of at least two fissile elements and includes a mixing, milling, spheroidising and sintering step to produce a fuel pellet incorporating a neutron poison.
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