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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, CA;
Sermet Kuran, Mississauga, CA;
Mustapha Boubcher, Burlington, CA;
Cathy Cottrell, Ancaster, CA;
Eric Carl Alemendra Araujo, Toronto, CA;
ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED, Chalk River, CA;
Abstract
Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are described and illustrated, and in some cases includes fuel elements each having a first fuel component of recycled uranium, and a second fuel component of at least one of depleted uranium and natural uranium blended with the first fuel component, wherein the blended first and second fuel components have a first fissile content of less than 1.2% wt ofU. Other fuel bundles are also described and illustrated, and include a first fuel element including recycled uranium, the first fuel element having a first fissile content of no less than 0.72 wt % ofU; and a second fuel element including at least one of depleted uranium and natural uranium, the second fuel element having a second fissile content of no greater than 0.71 wt % ofU.