Published 1979
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Metallic fuels systems for alternative breeder fuel cycles
Description
Metal fuels are the subject of renewed interest as part of the US effort to develop advanced fuels for alternative breeder fuel cycles. Metal fuels in the uranium-plutonium, thorium-uranium, and thorium-plutonium systems have been developed or identified that appear to have adequate thermal performance at current temperatures of interest for advanced LMFBRs. Also, a metal fuel element design concept has been developed with demonstrated capability of achieving fuel burnups of 10 a/o or more with high reliability. Existing information on the candidate metal fuel systems has been reviewed and applied to develop design and operating envelopes for the fuel elements of advanced LMFBRs employing alternative breeder fuel cycles
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Nuclear Society.
- Imprint Place
- La Grange Park, IL
- Imprint Title
- International conference on fast breeder reactor fuel performance
- Journal Page Range
- p. 925-934.
Conference
- Title
- International conference on fast breeder reactor performance.
- Dates
- 5 - 8 Mar 1979.
- Place
- Monterey, CA, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12592661
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FUEL CYCLE; FUEL ELEMENTS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; METALS; PERFORMANCE; THORIUM CYCLE
- Descriptors DEC
- BREEDER REACTORS; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS