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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventor:
Francesco Venneri, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/00 (2006.01); G21C 3/58 (2006.01); G21C 3/04 (2006.01); G21C 21/02 (2006.01); G21C 3/62 (2006.01); G21C 3/64 (2006.01); G21C 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/58 (2013.01); G21C 3/04 (2013.01); G21C 3/623 (2013.01); G21C 3/626 (2013.01); G21C 3/64 (2013.01); G21C 21/02 (2013.01); G21C 3/22 (2013.01); G21C 2003/045 (2013.01); Y02E 30/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel pellet for a nuclear reactor includes a plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles embedded in a structural silicon carbide matrix. A method of manufacturing a fuel pellet includes the steps of coating a plurality of tristructural-isotropic fuel particles with a coating slurry including silicon carbide powder to form a plurality of coated fuel particles; compacting the plurality of fuel particles; and sintering the compacted plurality of fuel particles to form the fuel pellet.