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

Grant

Publication Date

2-28-2003

First page number:

1

Last page number:

10

Abstract

UNLV has developed and will continue to develop process models for the analysis of melt casting processes. This work will continue to be performed under the guidance of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) engineers to insure that their knowledge and experience benefits the project. The research to be conducted during year three will center on performing detailed analyses on a conceptual design of an inductively heated skull-crucible casting furnace. Processing conditions will be analyzed, basic models utilized, and detailed heat and mass transfer models will be developed to analyze the most promising processes. The goal of this third year is to complete the preliminary design analyses for the proposed skull-crucible casting furnace.

Keywords

Actinide alloys; Heat – Transmission; Mass transfer; Metal castings; Metallurgical furnaces; Nuclear fuel rods

Controlled Subject

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

Disciplines

Heat Transfer, Combustion | Metallurgy | Nuclear | Nuclear Engineering

File Format

pdf

File Size

240 KB

Language

English

Repository Citation

Chen, Y., Pepper, D., Clarksean, R. (2003). Design and Analysis of a Process for Melt Casting Metallic Fuel Pins Incorporating Volatile Actinides. 1-10.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_fuels/3