DE3376910D1 - Method of making annular pellets for use as burnable neutron absorbers - Google Patents

Method of making annular pellets for use as burnable neutron absorbers

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DE3376910D1
DE3376910D1 DE8383300969T DE3376910T DE3376910D1 DE 3376910 D1 DE3376910 D1 DE 3376910D1 DE 8383300969 T DE8383300969 T DE 8383300969T DE 3376910 T DE3376910 T DE 3376910T DE 3376910 D1 DE3376910 D1 DE 3376910D1
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neutron absorbers
making annular
annular pellets
burnable neutron
burnable
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Kenneth Charles Radford
William George Carlson
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C7/00—Control of nuclear reaction
    • G21C7/02—Control of nuclear reaction by using self-regulating properties of reactor materials, e.g. Doppler effect
    • G21C7/04—Control of nuclear reaction by using self-regulating properties of reactor materials, e.g. Doppler effect of burnable poisons
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
    • C04B—LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
    • C04B35/00—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products
    • C04B35/01—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxide ceramics
    • C04B35/10—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxide ceramics based on aluminium oxide
    • C04B35/111—Fine ceramics
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C21/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts thereof
    • G21C21/18—Manufacture of control elements covered by group G21C7/00
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C7/00—Control of nuclear reaction
    • G21C7/06—Control of nuclear reaction by application of neutron-absorbing material, i.e. material with absorption cross-section very much in excess of reflection cross-section
    • G21C7/24—Selection of substances for use as neutron-absorbing material
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors
DE8383300969T 1982-02-26 1983-02-24 Method of making annular pellets for use as burnable neutron absorbers Expired DE3376910D1 (en)

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US06/352,686 US4826630A (en) 1981-12-28 1982-02-26 Burnable neutron absorbers

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DE3376910D1 true DE3376910D1 (en) 1988-07-07

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US (1) US4826630A (de)
EP (1) EP0087927B1 (de)
JP (1) JPS58156574A (de)
KR (1) KR920000288B1 (de)
BE (1) BE896033A (de)
CA (1) CA1188501A (de)
DE (1) DE3376910D1 (de)
ES (1) ES520138A0 (de)
FR (1) FR2522435B1 (de)

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EP0087927B1 (de) 1988-06-01
FR2522435B1 (fr) 1989-05-05
JPS58156574A (ja) 1983-09-17
KR920000288B1 (ko) 1992-01-11
KR840003901A (ko) 1984-10-04
CA1188501A (en) 1985-06-11
FR2522435A1 (fr) 1983-09-02
JPH0156400B2 (de) 1989-11-29
ES8405547A1 (es) 1984-06-01
US4826630A (en) 1989-05-02
EP0087927A3 (en) 1985-05-08
BE896033A (fr) 1983-08-25
EP0087927A2 (de) 1983-09-07
ES520138A0 (es) 1984-06-01

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