WO2005034138A2 - PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE PASTILLES D'UN COMBUSTIBLE NUCLEAIRE A BASE D'OXYDE MIXTE (U,Pu)O2 OU (U,Th)O2 - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a process for manufacturing pellets of a nuclear fuel based on mixed oxide of uranium and plutonium or uranium and thorium.
- the invention relates to a process for preparing pellets of a nuclear fuel based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 - or MOX fuel - which have a heterogeneous microstructure, that is to say to say formed of at least two distinct phases, one called uranium-bearing because appreciably free of plutonium, and the other known as plutoniferous because rich in plutonium, and which are characterized at the same time by an increase in volume of the plutoniferous phase and by a increase in the size of the grains of this phase compared to those observed in MOX fuel pellets with heterogeneous microstructure manufactured so far.
- Such pellets are of great interest for the manufacture of fuel rods intended for many types of nuclear reactors, in particular for light water reactors.
- the active ingredient is enclosed in a sealed envelope, called a sheath, which constitutes what nuclear safety specialists call the "first safety barrier".
- a sheath which constitutes what nuclear safety specialists call the "first safety barrier”.
- the integrity of this cladding must be perfect and remain so during the entire fuel residence time in the reactor. This requirement is directly linked to the previous criterion, certain transient power regimes inducing, in effect, Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction (PCG) in English, consecutive to an expansion of the pellets, which are likely to cause in some cases a rupture of the sheath and, therefore, the passage of fission products in the heat transfer fluid.
- PCG Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction
- the reference process is the MIMAS (MIcronized MASter Blend) process in which a batch of powders prepared as follows: - production of a primary mixture of powders with a plutonium content greater than the specified plutonium content, by co-grinding a powder of U0 2 , a powder of PuO2 and possibly chamotte (that is to say a powder of mixed oxide of uranium and plutonium from the recycling of manufacturing waste), until a micronized and intimately mixed powder is obtained; - Production of a final mixture of powders having the plutonium content specified by diluting the powder thus micronized with a powder of U0 2 and possibly chamotte, and in which additives are incorporated intended to facilitate the tableting of this final mixture (lubricant) and / or to produce a certain porosity during sintering (blowing agent).
- MIMAS MIcronized MASter Blend
- MOX fuels obtained by direct co-grinding processes are therefore characterized by a uniform distribution of uranium and plutonium in the form of a single phase (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 with plutonium content close to the specified content. , this uniformity of distribution resulting from a chemical interdiffusion of the U and Pu cations under the effect of the sintering temperature ( ⁇ 1700 ° C).
- the MOX fuels produced by the "Crushing-Dilution" processes have a typical microstructure composed of three phases, namely: * a predominant UO2 uranium phase, free of plutonium; * a phase made up of plutoniferous clusters ( ⁇ , Pu) 0 2 rich in plutonium and which are the trace of the primary mixture over-concentrated in plutonium; thus, their mass content of plutonium is, for example, of the order of 30%; and * a coating phase (U, Pu) 0 2 with an intermediate plutonium content, for example of the order of 10%.
- MOX fuels from the "Crushing-Dilution" processes are easier to reprocess, once irradiated, than those obtained by the direct co-grinding processes, and their manufacturing waste is also easier to recycle.
- MOX fuels which, while being produced by a "Grinding-Dilution” process, have greater homogeneity than that observed in the MOX fuels obtained hitherto by this type of processes, and in particular a better distribution of the plutoniferous clusters (U / Pu) 0 2 within the U0 2 matrix, so as to reduce the gas release, in particular in transient power regimes, and thus to optimize their use.
- EP-A-1 081 716 [1] proposes, in order to obtain a more homogeneous distribution of plutonium in pellets of a MOX fuel produced by a MIMAS type process, to dilute the primary mixture UO2 / PUO2 with beads of U0 2 of 20 to 50 ⁇ in diameter, these beads being obtained by precipitating, in an ammonia bath, fine droplets of an aqueous solution of uranyl nitrate containing 0.5 to 2% of organic thickeners cellulose ether or dextran type, then by subjecting the beads thus formed, after washing and drying by azeotropic distillation, to a heat treatment, first under an oxidizing atmosphere to convert them into uranium sesquioxide (U 3 0 8 ), then under a reducing atmosphere to convert them into UO2.
- application EP-A-1 081 716 proposes to prepare the primary mixture UO2 / PUO2 with beads obtained in an analogous manner but from uranyl-plutonium nitrate. It should be noted that no indication is provided in this document on the gain actually obtained in terms of homogeneity of distribution of plutonium.
- Application FR-A-2 738 076, corresponding to patent US-A-5, 841, 200, [2] describes, for its part, a MIMAS type process making it possible to produce pellets of a MOX fuel which have a size of higher grains while being able to be, on the one hand, dry ground, and, on the other hand, dissolved in the nitric solutions conventionally used for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuels.
- an organic wax of formula C ⁇ 7 H 3 7N0 3 S is added to the primary UO2 / PUO2 mixture at a mass concentration of 0.1 to 1%.
- this wax has the effect of facilitating the distribution of the PUO2 powder within the primary mixture of UO2 / PUO2 powders, which results in an improvement in the distribution of plutonium in the plutoniferous clusters (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 from the primary powder mixture. It also has the effect of reducing the formation of agglomerates during the co-grinding of these powders, of improving the flowability of the final mixture, and of increasing the size of the grains in the zones rich in plutonium. On the other hand, this document does not report a possible effect of the wax on the distribution of the plutoniferous clusters (U / Pu) 0 2 in the matrix of U0 2 .
- the inventors therefore set themselves the goal of providing a "Crushing-Dilution" process for manufacturing pellets of a nuclear fuel based on mixed uranium and plutonium oxide which leads to pellets having greater homogeneity, and in particular a more homogeneous distribution of plutoniferous clusters (U / Pu) 0 2 within the U0 2 matrix, than the MOX fuel pellets produced until now by the conventional MIMAS process.
- the present invention provides a method for manufacturing pellets of a nuclear fuel based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) 0 2 or (U, Th) 0 2 , having a specified content plutonium or thorium, which process comprises the following steps: a) preparation of a primary mixture of powders having a plutonium or thorium content greater than the specified content of the fuel, by co-grinding a Pi powder of UO2 and a powder P2 of Pu0 2 or Th0 2 , b) sieving of the primary mixture of powders, c) preparation of a final mixture of powders having the specified plutonium or thorium content of the fuel by mixing the sieve obtained step b) with a powder P3 of UO 2 and, optionally, one or more adjuvants, d) pelletizing of the final mixture of powders thus obtained, and e) sintering of the pellets obtained, and is characterized in that one incorporates into the
- the process according to the invention is a process which takes up the essential characteristics of the MIMAS process, but in which the feed of powders intended to be pelletized and sintered contains at least one oxide of chromium, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, vanadium or niobium, or a precursor of one of these oxides, or a inorganic compound capable of supplying sulfur pellets to the pellets during their sintering, the Inventors having, in fact, found that the presence of such a compound in said powder charge results, surprisingly, in a greater volume distribution of the plutonium in the pellets after sintering, reflecting a greater homogeneity of these pellets, and in particular a more homogeneous distribution of the plutoniferous clusters (U, Pu) 0 2 in the U0 2 matrix.
- the plutoniferous clusters U, Pu
- the inventors have also found that a similar benefit is obtained on the volume distribution of thorium in the case of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Th) 0 2 .
- the term “precursor of a chromium, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, vanadium or niobium oxide ” means any compound capable of forming such an oxide in the pellets during their sintering, that is to say during step e) of the process.
- the use of metal oxides and sulfur compounds in the manufacture of nuclear fuel pellets is not new in itself. Thus, the use of metal oxides has already been proposed in US Pat. No.
- application FR-A-2 827 071 [5] describes a process for manufacturing a fuel based on UO2 or on a mixed oxide (U, Pu) 0 2 , which is also intended to improve the retention fission gases and in which all or part of the UO 2 powder used is previously treated with a sulfur gas such as CS 2 or H 2 S, so that it contains sulfur, in particular in the form of oxysulfide uranium.
- CS 2 or H 2 S sulfur gas
- What, on the other hand, is new is the fact of using metallic oxides and inorganic sulfur compounds in a MIMAS type process, and what is completely unexpected is that this use results in a greater volume distribution of plutonium or thorium accompanied by a magnification of the grain size.
- the compound is chromium sesquioxide (Cr 2 0 3 ) or a precursor thereof such as, for example, the ammonium chromate of formula ( NH 4 ) 2 Cr ⁇ 4, chromium acetate of formula Cr (CH 3 COO) 3 or chromium nitrate of formula Cr (N0 3 ) 3 .
- the compound is Cr 2 0 3
- it is preferably present in the final mixture of powders in a mass proportion of 500 to 5000 ppm and, better still, from 1500 to 3000 ppm.
- the amount of precursor present in the final mixture of powders is adjusted by so as to give the pellets, during step e), a mass proportion of Cr 2 0 3 included in the above ranges.
- the compound may also be aluminum trioxide A1 2 0 3 , titanium dioxide Ti0 2 or titanium trioxide U2O3, magnesium oxide
- the compound is an inorganic compound capable of providing the sulfur element during step e) of this process.
- this compound is preferably uranium oxysulfide (UOS) but it can also be another compound of the ternary system UOS such as U0 2 S0 3 , or a sulfur compound not belonging to this system as, for example, US 2 or (NH 4 ) N (S0 3 NH 4 ) 2.
- the compound is a compound capable of supplying sulfur
- it is preferably present in the final mixture of powders in a mass proportion such that it makes it possible to supply the pellets with 50 to 2000 ppm of elemental sulfur and, better still, from 50 to 1000 ppm of elemental sulfur.
- the mass proportion of the final mixture of powders in UOS is preferably from 440 to 18,000 ppm (0.044% -1.8%) and, particularly preferably, from 440 to 9000 ppm (0.044% -0.9%).
- the compound can be incorporated into one or more of the powders PI (U0 2 ), P2 (Pu0 2 or Th0 2 ) and P3 (U0 2 ) used to prepare the primary and final mixtures of powders. However, it is preferred to incorporate it directly into one of these mixtures or, alternatively, into these two mixtures, for reasons of simplicity of implementation.
- step a) When all or part of the compound is incorporated into the primary mixture of powders, this incorporation is carried out either during step a), in which case the compound is ground together with the powders PI and P2, or between step a) and step b) of the process, in which case the latter comprises an additional step which consists in mixing the primary mixture obtained in step a) with the compound until a homogeneous whole is obtained.
- This mixing operation is preferably carried out in an energy mixer such as a turbine mixer or a knife mill.
- step c) When all or part of the compound is incorporated into the final mixture of powders, this incorporation is preferably carried out during step c), in which case the sieve obtained in step b) is mixed with the compound and the or any additives until a homogeneous whole is obtained.
- step a) of preparation of the primary powder mixture is carried out by co-grinding, for example in a ball mill, the powders Pi (U0 2 ) and P2 (Pu0 2 or Th0 2 ), optionally in the presence of the compound, in proportions such that the mass content of plutonium or thorium in this mixture is between 25 and
- This co-grinding which can also be carried out in another type of grinder such as, for example, an attrition mill or a gas jet mill, generally lasts from 3 to 6 hours. It induces the formation of powder agglomerates leading to a very wide particle size spectrum of the mixture coming from the mill, from a few ⁇ m (microns) to more than 1 mm.
- Step b) of sieving the primary powder mixture which is used to calibrate this mixture, is carried out by means of a sieve, for example made of stainless steel, preferably having openings of dimension less than or equal to 250 ⁇ m so as to retain only the powder agglomerates whose size is at most equal to this dimension.
- Step c) is itself carried out so as to bring the mass content of plutonium or thorium of the final mixture of powders to a value of 3 to 12%.
- chamotte from the recycling of manufacturing waste can be added, either to the primary powder mixture, or to the final powder mixture, or both.
- the adjuvant (s) capable of being incorporated into the final mixture of powders during step c) are essentially one or more lubricants intended to facilitate the tableting of this mixture such as zinc stearate or aluminum stearate, and / or one or more blowing agents intended to lower and control the density of the pellets such as azodicarbonamide, known under the trade name of AZB, this lubricating agent (s) and this blowing agent (s) being preferably added in respective proportions not exceeding 0.5% by mass of the total mass of the final powder mixture.
- Step d) of pelletizing the final mixture of powders is carried out by means of a press, for example a hydraulic press, the parameters of which are optimized and controlled as a function of the geometrical and appearance characteristics of the pellets obtained by regular sampling.
- a suitable pressure is, for example, 500 MPa.
- the sintering step e) is preferably carried out at a temperature of 1700 ° C. or close to it, under a gaseous atmosphere leading to an oxygen potential ⁇ G0 2 of -476 to -372 KJ / mol at the sintering temperature.
- it can in particular be a humidified mixture of argon and hydrogen containing 5% of hydrogen and whose water content is from 100 to 2500 ppm, this water content being, preferably around 850 ppm in the case where the pellets contain Cr 2 ⁇ 3 , and approximately 1000 ppm in the case where they contain UOS.
- the pellets can be subjected to a correction, which can be performed on a centerless and dry grinder to obtain pellets that meet the diameter specification.
- the pellets obtained by the process according to the invention have the following characteristics: - a hydrostatic density of the order of 95 to 97% of the theoretical density; - a microstructure characterized, on the basis of optical analyzes (optical microscope), by two distinct phases: a uranium phase comprising little or no plutonium and a plutoniferous or thorium phase comprising plutonium or thorium in significant quantities; - a microstructure characterized, on the basis of electronic analyzes (SEM or electron microprobe or Castaing microprobe analyzes), by two to four distinct phases depending on the precision of the measurement and the plutonium or thorium concentration; - a plutoniferous or thoriferous phase which, on the basis of optical analyzes, appears to occupy at least 50%, generally more than 60% and can reach 70%, even 80% of the total volume of the pellets and which, on the basis of electronic analyzes, appears to occupy more than 70% and can reach 95% of the total volume of the pellets
- the plutoniferous phase of a MOX fuel produced by the conventional MIMAS process appears to represent, on the basis of optical analyzes, at best 45% of the total volume of the pellets and, on the basis of electronic analyzes, at best 64% of this volume.
- analyzes with the electron microprobe show that, in the pellets obtained by the method according to the invention, the decrease in the volume occupied by the uraniferous phase is accompanied by a decrease in the volume occupied by the plutoniferous or thoriferous clusters.
- the grain size of the plutoniferous phase of a MOX fuel produced by the conventional MIMAS process is .5-6 ⁇ m, like that of the grains of the uraniferous phase.
- the pellets obtained by the process according to the invention combine a larger grain size in the plutoniferous or thoriferous phase, suggesting a significant increase in fuel performance in reactor by reducing local combustion rates and thereby reducing the release of fission gases.
- the invention also relates to pellets of a nuclear fuel based on mixed uranium and plutonium oxide or mixed uranium and thorium oxide, capable of being obtained by a process as defined above .
- FIG. 1 corresponds to a photograph taken under an optical microscope and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) 0 2 manufactured by a first example of implementation of the process according to the invention using Cr ⁇ 03 as an additive.
- FIG. 2 corresponds to two photographs, respectively A and B, taken under the optical microscope, at two different magnifications, and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 manufactured by a process analogous to that used to make the patch, the microstructure of which is shown in FIG. 1, but without adding Cr 2 0 3 .
- FIG. 1 corresponds to a photograph taken under an optical microscope and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) 0 2 manufactured by a first example of implementation of the process according to the invention using Cr ⁇ 03 as an additive.
- FIG. 2 corresponds to two photographs, respectively A and B, taken under the optical microscope, at two different magnifications, and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U
- FIG. 3 corresponds to a photograph taken under an optical microscope and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 produced by a second example of implementation of the process according to the invention using Cr 2 0 3 as an additive.
- FIG. 4 corresponds to a photograph taken with an optical microscope and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 produced by a third example of implementation of the process according to the invention using Cr 2 0 3 as an additive.
- FIG. 5 corresponds to two photographs, respectively A and B, taken under the optical microscope at two different magnifications, and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 produced by a fourth example of implementation implementation of the process according to the invention using UOS as an additive.
- Figure 6 corresponds to a photograph taken under an optical microscope and showing the microstructure of fuel pellets based on mixed oxide (U, Pu) 0 2 manufactured by a fifth example of implementation of the process according to the invention using UOS as
- Example 1 A primary mixture of powders - or MPI mixture - of 748.3 g and having a mass plutonium content of 25% in co-grinder is prepared 543.7 g of a powder of U0 2 (U / O ⁇ 2.18) and 204.6 g of Pu ⁇ 2 powder in a ball jar for 4 hours. After this grinding, 8 g of the MPI mixture are stirred with 0.04 g of Cr 2 0 3 (corresponding to a mass proportion of 5000 ppm) in a turbine mixer (speed of rotation of the tank: 10 tr / min; turbine rotation speed: 3000 rpm) for 3 cycles of 10 minutes each. The resulting mixture is sieved through a sieve whose openings have a dimension of 80 ⁇ m in order to keep only the powder agglomerates of size less than or equal to 80 ⁇ m. 8.04 g of the sieve are then mixed with
- the pellets are characterized by: • a hydrostatic density equal to 96.3% of the theoretical density which is 11.02; • a microstructure which, as visible in FIG.
- control pellets manufactured by the same process but without the addition of Cr 2 0 3 are characterized by: • a microstructure which, as visible in FIG.
- parts A and B has clusters rich in PuO 2 (plutoniferous phase ) dispersed in a matrix rich in uranium (uraniferous phase); • a volume fraction which, based on optical analyzes, is 55% for the uraniferous phase and 45% for the plutoniferous phase; and • grains with an average size of 5 to 6 ⁇ m in the uraniferous phase as in the plutoniferous phase.
- the presence of chromium in the pellets prepared in accordance with the invention results in a marked reduction in the volume of the uraniferous phase and of the clusters (U, Pu) ⁇ 2 in favor of a coating phase, with an intermediate content of plutonium, which increases by a factor of 2.
- Example 2 A fraction of the MPI mixture prepared in Example 1 is sampled and sieved through a sieve whose openings measure 250 ⁇ m to keep only the powder agglomerates of size less than or equal to 250 ⁇ m. 8 g of the sieve are then mixed with 12 g of a powder of U0 2 identical to that used to prepare the MPI mixture, in the presence of 0.04 g of Cr 2 0 3 (corresponding to a mass proportion of 2000 ppm) and 0.06 g of StZn to obtain a final mixture of powders having a plutonium content by mass of 11%. This final mixture is produced under the same conditions as those described in Example 1.
- Tablets are also manufactured following the same operating protocol as that which has just been described, except that the fraction of the MPI mixture is sieved through a sieve whose openings measure 80 ⁇ m to keep only the powder agglomerates of size less than or equal to this dimension. This difference in sieving results in a slight increase, in the pellets, of the volume fraction of the plutoniferous phase which reaches the value of 56%.
- Example 3 8 g of the MPI mixture prepared in Example 1 are stirred with 0.016 g of Cr 2 0 3 corresponding to a mass proportion of 2000 ppm) in a turbine mixer (speed of rotation of the tank: 10 rpm ; turbine rotation speed: 3000 rpm) for 3 cycles of 10 minutes each.
- the resulting mixture is sieved through a sieve whose openings measure 80 ⁇ m to keep only the powder agglomerates of size less than or equal to 80 ⁇ m.
- these pellets are characterized by: • a hydrostatic density equal to 95.9% of the theoretical density (11.02); • a microstructure which, as visible in FIG. 4, has clusters rich in U0 2 (uraniferous phase) dispersed in a matrix rich in plutonium (plutoniferous phase); • a volume fraction which, on the basis of optical analyzes, is 30% for the uraniferous phase and 70% for the plutoniferous phase; and • grains with an average size of 5 ⁇ m in the uraniferous phase and 16 ⁇ m in the plutoniferous phase.
- the presence of chromium in the pellets results in a clear reduction in the volume of the uraniferous phase in favor of the plutoniferous phase which increases by a factor of 1.6.
- Example 4 A fraction of the MPI mixture prepared in Example 1 is removed and sieved through a sieve with openings of 250 ⁇ m in order to keep only the powder agglomerates measuring at most 250 ⁇ m. 8 g of the sieve are then mixed with 12 g of a powder of U0 2 identical to that used to prepare the MPI mixture, in the presence of 0.048 g of UOS
- the pellets are characterized by: • a hydrostatic density equal to 96.4% of the theoretical density (11.02); • a microstructure which, as visible in FIG.
- Tablets are also manufactured using the same operating protocol as that just described, except that the fraction of the MPI mixture is sieved through a sieve whose openings measure 80 ⁇ m to keep only the powder agglomerates of smaller size. or equal to these openings. This difference in sieving results in an increase, in the pellets, of the volume fraction of the plutoniferous phase which reaches the value of 80%.
- Example 5 8 g of the MPI mixture prepared in Example 1 are sampled and stirred with 0.019 g of UOS (corresponding to a mass proportion of 2400 ppm) in a Turbula mixer, for 10 minutes and at a speed of rotation of the tank of 60 rpm. The resulting mixture is sieved through a sieve whose openings measure 80 ⁇ m to keep only the powder agglomerates of size less than or equal to 80 ⁇ m.
- UOS corresponding to a mass proportion of 2400 ppm
- these pellets are characterized by: • a hydrostatic density equal to 96.4% of the theoretical density (11.02); • a microstructure which, as visible in FIG. 6, has clusters rich in U0 2 (uraniferous phase) dispersed in a matrix rich in plutonium (plutoniferous phase); • a volume fraction which, on the basis of optical analyzes, is 25% for the uraniferous phase and 75% for the plutoniferous phase; and • grains with an average size of 5 ⁇ in the uraniferous phase and 10 ⁇ m in the plutoniferous phase.
- Table 1 combines the previously mentioned values of the volume fractions of the uraniferous and plutoniferous phases determined on the basis optical analyzes - this type of analysis representing the reference method - for the pellets produced in accordance with the invention in Examples 1 to 5, as well as those of the control pellets described in Example 1. This table also presents the values of the volume fractions of these same phases as obtained on the basis of electronic analyzes, more precisely of analyzes with the electronic microprobe, for the pellets produced according to the invention in examples 1, 2 and 4 and for said witness pads.
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