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Method and furnace for microwave sintering of nuclear fuel

US6437303B1 · kind B1 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Dorr · Herzogenaurach, DE
Thorsten Gerdes · Dortmund, DE
Gerhard Gradel · Forchheim, DE
Bruno Schmitt · Lampertheim, DE
Monika Willert-Porada · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 2000
Grant date	Aug 20, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 21, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a furnace are provided for microwave sintering of nuclear fuel. A stationary wave is generated in an antenna cavity and used to extract microwaves through slots into a resonance chamber containing the nuclear fuel. A position of the slots is adjusted in such a way that a predetermined temperature profile is produced in the nuclear fuel.

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