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Nuclear fuel pellets, manufacturing method and nuclear reactor

A technology for nuclear fuel and fuel, applied in the manufacture of reactors, reactors, and reactor fuel materials, etc., can solve problems such as the negative impact of the core power distribution, the impact on the amount of fissionable materials, and the long-term effective suppression problem, so as to reduce the residue of fissionable materials. , beneficial to the core design and reactivity control, and the effect of reducing the initial excess reactivity

Active Publication Date: 2016-01-06
CHINA NUCLEAR POWER TECH RES INST CO LTD +2
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[0005] For small reactors with long cycle lengths, control rods, burnable poisons, and / or boric acid are used to control excess reactivity. When the concentration of boric acid is too high, the temperature coefficient of the moderator is positive, and the insertion of the control rods is too deep. have a large negative impact on the power distribution of the core
However, for some special small reactors that need to achieve ultra-long cycle lengths, the consumption of combustible poisons is too fast and the addition of too much affects the loading capacity of fissile materials, making the long-term effective suppression of reactivity a difficult problem

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[0035] Such as figure 1 Shown is a first embodiment of a nuclear fuel pellet of the present invention comprising nuclear fuel material applicable to a nuclear reactor of the type using burnable poison, boric acid or control rods to control excess reactivity.

[0036] The nuclear fuel pellet includes a first fuel region 11 and a second fuel region 12 arranged from inside to outside. In this embodiment, the nuclear fuel pellets are cylindrical pellets, the first fuel region 11 and the second fuel region 12 are arranged non-uniformly along the radial direction, and the second fuel region 12 surrounds the periphery of the first fuel region 11, so that It acts as a shield for the first fuel region 11 .

[0037] It can be understood that the nuclear fuel pellets may also be fuel pellets of other shapes, such as spherical pellets, flat pellets, and the like. When spherical pellets are used, the first fuel region 11 and the second fuel region 12 are distributed non-uniformly in the ...

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The invention relates to a nuclear fuel pellet and a manufacturing method thereof, and a nuclear reactor. The nuclear fuel pellet at least comprises a first fuel zone and a second fuel zone which are arranged from inside to outside, wherein the thickness of the second fuel zone is much smaller than that of the first fuel zone; and the reactivity of a nuclear fuel material of the first fuel zone is higher than that of a nuclear fuel material of the second fuel zone. The nuclear fuel material with lower reactivity is arranged on the periphery of the nuclear fuel pellet with higher reactivity to perform the function of lowering initial reactivity margin, so that burnable poisons and / or boric acid in the reactor core are correspondingly reduced, thereby being beneficial to reactor core nuclear design and reactivity control; or more fissionable materials can be loaded to implement longer fuel cycle. More neutrons can be effectively absorbed, thereby enhancing the conversion ratio of the fuel. Besides, the nuclear fuel material with lower reactivity is arranged at the innermost ring of the nuclear fuel pellet to have the function of reducing fissible material residues, thereby enhancing the utilization ratio of nuclear fuels.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to fuel for nuclear power plants, and more particularly, to a nuclear fuel pellet that can be used in nuclear power plants. Background technique [0002] There are three kinds of fissile materials U233, U235 and Pu239. But only U235 exists naturally, and U233 and Pu239 need to be transformed by Th232 and U238 after absorbing a neutron. [0003] Each fission releases about 200 MeV energy and 2-3 neutrons, and the core power determines the number of fissions per unit time. The 2-3 neutrons released by each fission, except one for the continuous chain reaction, the rest of a multi-neutron is absorbed by the core structure material, leaked, poisoned (including fission products, combustible poisons, dissolved in water boric acid and control rods), or by Th232 or / and U238. The amount of U233 or / and Pu239 produced by consuming one fissile material is called the conversion ratio, and when the conversion ratio is greater than 1,...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G21C3/02G21C3/58G21C21/02
CPCY02E30/30
Inventor 马兹容张勇
Owner CHINA NUCLEAR POWER TECH RES INST CO LTD
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