UC (uranium carbide) pellet, preparation method thereof and fuel rod
A technology of uranium carbide and pellets, which is applied in the field of nuclear reactors, can solve the problems of inapplicability to industrial mass production, high energy consumption, and reduced safety, and achieve the effect of batch sintering and low energy consumption
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[0031] The preparation method of uranium carbide pellets of the present invention includes the following steps:
[0032] S1. Weigh the uranium nitride powder and carbon source according to the molar ratio of 1:0.8-1.5 and add them to the solvent, and mix them to form a slurry.
[0033] Among them, the purity of uranium nitride (UN) powder is greater than 95%, and the particle size is 0.1-50μm. The carbon source (C) is carbon black and / or graphite, the purity is greater than 95%, and the particle size is 0.1-50 μm.
[0034] The solvent can be ethanol or acetone. The uranium nitride powder and carbon source are added to the solvent, the purpose is to make the two fully mixed and evenly distributed.
[0035] S2, drying the slurry to obtain a mixed powder.
[0036] The obtained slurry can be dried by rotary evaporation to obtain a dry mixed powder. The evaporative drying time is adjusted according to the actual situation.
[0037] S3. Press the mixed powder into a green body with a densit...
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[0056] Example 1
[0057] Uranium carbide pellets with a density of 98% were prepared and weighed according to the molar ratio of UN:C of 1:1.2: 249 grams of UN powder and 14.4 grams of carbon black.
[0058] Using ethanol as the solvent, using Si at a speed of 120 rpm 3 N 4 Ball-roll mixing is carried out for 24 hours, and the obtained slurry is dried by rotary evaporation to obtain a uniformly mixed mixed powder. Put the mixed powder into a pellet steel mold, first apply a pressure of 10MPa for pre-compression, then vacuum seal the preformed body with oil paper, and then use a cold isostatic press to apply 200 MPa to the oil-paper vacuum-sealed body Isobaric load, keep the pressure at 200MPa for 5 minutes, so that the initial density of the core block body reaches more than 50%.
[0059] Take out the green body and put it in a high temperature pressureless furnace for reaction sintering. Using pressureless sintering, in the first reaction stage, the heating rate is 10°C / min, the ...
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[0061] Example 2
[0062] Prepare uranium carbide pellets with a density of 95%. The carbon source was changed from the carbon black in Example 1 to graphite. According to the molar ratio of UN:C of 1:0.8, weigh: 249 grams of UN powder and 9.6 grams of graphite.
[0063] The green body was prepared according to the same method as in Example 1. The in-situ reaction temperature was 1500°C for 2 hours, and the sintering temperature was 1900°C for 1 hour.
[0064] According to X-ray diffraction analysis, the sintered pellet phase is uranium carbide, and the diffraction peak is slightly shifted to the left, indicating the existence of nitrogen solid solution. After testing, it is found that the uranium carbide pellets prepared after heat preservation and sintering at 1900°C for 1 hour have a density of 95%, a porosity of 5%, a diameter of 500 nm, and open pores.
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