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Carbothermal Facility for the Synthesis of Nitrides for Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Fuel Production

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A facility for carbothermal synthesis of uranium and plutonium nitrides for the production of dense mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel for fast reactors is described. The synthesis reaction occurs at 1650 ± 50°C in nitrogen and nitrogen-hydrogen atmospheres in six high-temperature batch furnaces of the horizontal type. Tests performed on the pilot model of a furnace showed good agreement between the experimental and computed temperature distributions along the longitudinal axis of the furnace. The facility operates in an automatic mode; control and monitoring of the technological process are performed remotely.

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  1. Sosny Scientific and Development Company, Dimitrovgrad, Russia

    V. P. Smirnov, S. V. Pavlov, D. V. Ivanov & R. N. Shamsutdinov

  2. GKMP Research and Production Company, Bryansk, Russia

    N. V. Inyutin, D. M. Sidorenko & A. V. Solopeko

  3. TVEL Company, Moscow, Russia

    S. Yu. Saifutdinov

  4. Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Davydov

  5. SverdNIIkhimmash Research and Design Institute of Chemical Machine Building, Ekaterinburg, Russia

    Yu. V. Chamovskikh & N. G. Sergeev

  6. Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK), Seversk, Russia

    D. V. Zozulya

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  1. V. P. Smirnov
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 125, No. 5, pp. 284–287, November, 2018.

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Smirnov, V.P., Pavlov, S.V., Ivanov, D.V. et al. Carbothermal Facility for the Synthesis of Nitrides for Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Fuel Production. At Energy 125, 322–325 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-019-00488-3

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