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Furnace for microwave sintering of nuclear fuel

US6617558B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Framatome ANP · 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	Jun 26, 2002
Grant date	Sep 9, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A furnace is 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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