Design and Analysis of a Process for Melt Casting Metallic Fuel Pins Incorporating Volatile Actinides

Authors

Yitung Chen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Darrell Pepper, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Randy Clarksean, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Annual Report

Publication Date

2004

First page number:

6

Last page number:

7

Abstract

The goal of this project is to investigate the casting processes for metallic fuels to help design a process that minimizes the loss of the volatile actinide elements from the fuel. The research effort centers on the development of advanced numerical models to assess conditions that significantly impact the transport of volatile actinides during the melt casting process and represents a joint effort between researchers at UNLV and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Assessing critical equipment and process variables is required to build a successful system that will operate efficiently.

Keywords

Actinide alloys; Americium; Metal-base fuel; Metal castings; Metallurgical furnaces; Nuclear fuel rods; Transmutation (Chemistry)

Controlled Subject

Actinide alloys; Metallurgical furnaces--Design and construction; Nuclear engineering--Material

Disciplines

Nuclear | Nuclear Engineering

File Format

pdf

File Size

437 KB

Language

English

Repository Citation

Chen, Y., Pepper, D., Clarksean, R. (2004). Design and Analysis of a Process for Melt Casting Metallic Fuel Pins Incorporating Volatile Actinides. 6-7.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_fuels/14