FUEL ROD WITH END PIECE OF IRRADIATION TARGET MATERIAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel rod with an end piece of an irradiation target material. SOLUTION: An illustrative embodiment relates to a fuel rod (100) which has end pieces (120/130) confining the irradiation target material at both ends. The end pieces (120/130) in the illustrative embodi...

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Hauptverfasser:	SMITH DAVID G, RUSSEL II WILLIAM EARL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR REACTORS PHYSICS RADIOACTIVE SOURCES REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel rod with an end piece of an irradiation target material. SOLUTION: An illustrative embodiment relates to a fuel rod (100) which has end pieces (120/130) confining the irradiation target material at both ends. The end pieces (120/130) in the illustrative embodiment can confine materials which can be converted to desired isotopes when they are exposed to a neutron flux encountered in the positions of the end pieces (120/130). The end pieces (120/130) in the illustrative embodiment may be manufactured from such materials or may accommodate them otherwise. The end pieces (120/130) in the illustrative embodiment fit into various full-length fuel rods 18 and partially long fuel rod 19 and can function as upper and/or lower end plugs (120/130) allowing the fuel rod (100) to fit into upper and/or lower fastening plates (14/16). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT