Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Jae-Jo Yang

Jong-Hun Kim

Keon-Sik Kim

Dong-Joo Kim

Yang-Hyun Koo

Young Woo Rhee

A fabrication method of burnable absorber nuclear fuel pellets and burnable absorber nuclear fuel pellets fabricated by the same are provided, in which the fabrication method includes adding boron compound and manganese compound to one or more type of nuclear fuel powders selected from the group consisting of uranium dioxide (UO), plutonium dioxide (PuO) and thorium dioxide (ThO) and mixing the same (step 1), compacting the mixed powder of step 1 into compacts (step 2), and sintering the compacts of step 2 under hydrogen atmosphere (step 3). According to the fabrication method, sintering can be performed under hydrogen atmosphere at a temperature lower than the hydrogen atmosphere sintering that is conventionally applied in the nuclear fuel sintered pellet mass production, by adding sintering additives such as manganese oxide or the like.

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Sejong, South Korea

Jae-Jo Yang