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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Charles E. Ahlfeld, LaJolla, CA (US);
William W. Bowen, Kennewick, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald L. Klueh, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sean M. Mcdeavitt, Bryan, TX (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven R. Kirkendall, Richland, WA (US);
Charles E. Ahlfeld, LaJolla, CA (US);
William W. Bowen, Kennewick, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald L. Klueh, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sean M. McDeavitt, Bryan, TX (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven R. Kirkendall, Richland, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A nuclear fuel includes a volume of a nuclear fuel material defined by a surface, the nuclear fuel material including a plurality of grains, some of the plurality of grains having a characteristic length along at least one dimension that is smaller than or equal to a selected distance, wherein the selected distance is suitable for maintaining adequate diffusion of a fission product from a grain interior to a grain boundary in some of the grains, the nuclear fuel material including a boundary network configured to transport the fission product from at least one grain boundary of some of the grains to the surface of the volume of the nuclear fuel material.