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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Shoichi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Ishi Mitsuhashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Kenichi Yoshioka, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of controlling the criticality of a nuclear fuel cycle facility includes steps of producing a reactor fuel by adding less than 0.1% by weight of gadolinia to a uranium dioxide powder with a uranium enrichment of greater than 5% by weight and controlling the effective neutron multiplication factor of a uranium dioxide system in a step of handling the reactor fuel to be less than or equal to the maximum of the effective neutron multiplication factor of a uranium dioxide system with a uranium enrichment of 5% by weight.