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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Athanasios Arsenlis, Hayward, CA (US);
Joe Satcher, Jr., Patterson, CA (US);
Sergei O. Kucheyev, Oakland, CA (US);
Athanasios Arsenlis, Hayward, CA (US);
Joe Satcher, Jr., Patterson, CA (US);
Sergei O. Kucheyev, Oakland, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A nuclear fuel according to one embodiment includes an assembly of nuclear fuel particles; and continuous open channels defined between at least some of the nuclear fuel particles, wherein the channels are characterized as allowing fission gasses produced in an interior of the assembly to escape from the interior of the assembly to an exterior thereof without causing significant swelling of the assembly. Additional embodiments, including methods, are also presented.