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US 8,571,167 B2Granted
Particulate metal fuels used in power generation, recycling systems, and small modular reactors
AssigneeAdvanced Reactor Concepts LLC
InventorLeon C. Walters
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Abstract
A metal particulate fuel system is described. The metal fuel system may include particulate metal fuel for use in nuclear reactors. The particulate metal fuel may include a plurality of particles of at least one enriched alloy where the particles are compacted into a fuel column. The metal particulate fuel system may also include a cladding and/or a gas-filled plenum.
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A metal fuel system comprising:
- particulate metal fuel for use in nuclear reactors, comprising particles of at least one enriched alloy and particles of crushed light water reactor (LWR) spent nuclear fuel;
- a cladding;
- a gas-filled plenum;
- and
- wherein the particles are compacted into a fuel column, and wherein the fuel column is in particulate form, not solid form, upon entry into a reactor.
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A metal fuel system comprising:
- particulate metal fuel for use in nuclear reactors, comprising particles of at least one enriched alloy, wherein the particulate metal fuel further comprises minor actinides;
- a cladding;
- a gas-filled plenum;
- and
- wherein the particles are compacted into a fuel column, and wherein the fuel column is in particulate form, not solid form, upon entry into a reactor.
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A metal fuel system comprising:
- particulate metal fuel for use in nuclear reactors, comprising particles of at least one enriched alloy and particles of crushed light water reactor (LWR) spent nuclear fuel, wherein the particulate metal fuel further comprises minor actinides;
- a cladding;
- a gas-filled plenum;
- and
- wherein the particles are compacted into a fuel column, and wherein the fuel column is in particulate form, not solid form, upon entry into a reactor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.