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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Dario Pieck, Aix en Provence, FR;
Lionel Desgranges, Pertuis, FR;
Pierre Matheron, Manosque, FR;
Yves Pontillon, Pierrevert, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/04 (2006.01); C01G 43/00 (2006.01); G21C 3/326 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/04 (2013.01); C01G 43/00 (2013.01); G21C 3/326 (2013.01); C01P 2002/76 (2013.01); C01P 2002/77 (2013.01); C01P 2004/82 (2013.01); C01P 2006/88 (2013.01); Y02E 30/38 (2013.01); Y02E 30/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel material made of uranium, gadolinium and oxygen, having a crystalline phase having cubic crystallographic structure, having an atomic ratio Gd/[Gd+U] of 0.6 to 0.93, the uranium being present in an oxidation state of +IV and/or +V. The invention further relates to the use of such a material as a consumable neutron poison of a fuel element.