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Composite Uranium Silicide-Uranium Dioxide Nuclear Fuel
Described herein are Uranium silicide materials as advanced nuclear fuel replacements for uranium dioxide fuel in light water reactors (LWRs) that have advantages over currently used uranium dioxide (UO2) via a substantially higher thermal conductivity and, thus, are capable of operating in a reactor at significantly lower temperatures for the same level of power production, plus the heat capacity of a silicide is lower than that of an oxide so that less heat is stored in the fuel that would need to be removed under accident conditions.
Composite Uranium Silicide-Uranium Dioxide Nuclear Fuel
Described herein are Uranium silicide materials as advanced nuclear fuel replacements for uranium dioxide fuel in light water reactors (LWRs) that have advantages over currently used uranium dioxide (UO2) via a substantially higher thermal conductivity and, thus, are capable of operating in a reactor at significantly lower temperatures for the same level of power production, plus the heat capacity of a silicide is lower than that of an oxide so that less heat is stored in the fuel that would need to be removed under accident conditions.
Composite Uranium Silicide-Uranium Dioxide Nuclear Fuel
BESMANN THEODORE M (author) / MOORE EMILY E (author)
2021-10-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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