Published February 2, 2017 | Version v1
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Fuel Fabrication and Nuclear Reactors

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Description

The uranium from the enrichment plant is still in the form of UF6. UF6 is not suitable for use in a reactor due to its highly corrosive chemistry as well as its phase diagram. UF6 is converted into UO2 fuel pellets, which are in turn placed in fuel rods and assemblies. Reactor designs are variable in moderators, coolants, fuel, performance etc.The dream of energy ''too-cheap to meter'' is no more, and now the nuclear power industry is pushing ahead with advanced reactor designs.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1342850/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
40 p.
Report number
LA-UR--17-20819

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
48068174
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
FABRICATION; FUEL PELLETS; FUEL RODS; FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER; REACTOR DESIGN; REACTORS; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DESIGN; ELEMENTS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FUEL ELEMENTS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PELLETS; POWER; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM FLUORIDES; URANIUM HALIDES; URANIUM OXIDES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC52-06NA25396
Funding organization
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1342850