Fully ceramic nuclear fuel and related methods
AssigneesLogos Technologies, LLC, UT-Batelle, LLC
InventorsFrancesco VENNERI, Yutai KATOH, Lance Lewis SNEAD
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a nuclear fuel for use in various types of nuclear reactors and/or waste disposal systems are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment of a nuclear fuel may include a fuel element having a plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles embedded in a silicon carbide matrix. An exemplary method of manufacturing a nuclear fuel is also disclosed. The method may include providing a plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles, mixing the plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles with silicon carbide powder to form a precursor mixture, and compacting the precursor mixture at a predetermined pressure and temperature.
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A method of manufacturing a nuclear fuel, comprising:
- providing a plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles;
- mixing the plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles with silicon carbide powder to form a precursor mixture;
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- compacting the precursor mixture at a predetermined pressure and temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.