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Nuclear fuel pellets

US5978431A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 1998
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 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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