EXTENSION OF METHODS TO UTILIZE FULLY CERAMIC MICRO-ENCAPSULATED FUEL IN LIGHT WATER REACTORS
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Dec 5, 2013
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Nov 19, 2012
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Nov 19, 2011
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A 12×12 fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel assembly for a light water nuclear reactor includes a set of FCM fuel rods bundled in a square matrix arrangement. The fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel is comprised of tristructural-isotropic particles. Each tristructural-isotropic particle has a kernel that is comprised uranium nitride. The kernel diameter is 400 or more micrometers. The fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel is further mixed with a burnable poison material.
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