WO2008049847A1 - Procede de traitement de combustibles nucleaires comprenant du carbure de silicium et degainage de particules de combustible nucleaire - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for treating nuclear fuels comprising silicon carbide (SiC) and optionally carbon as a heterogeneous matrix.
- the sheath comprises from the core outward: a porous carbon layer for expansion of the fission gases; a dense pyrolytic carbon layer; a layer of silicon carbide; and, again, a pyrolytic carbon layer.
- BISO particles are TRISO particles without the outer layer of pyrolytic carbon.
- fisionable material is meant, in the context of the present invention, any radioactive material used to create energy in the service of man.
- nuclear fuel comprising a fissile material, SiC and possibly carbon is meant, in the context of the present invention, a nuclear fuel comprising a fissile material and SiC, or such a fuel further comprising carbon.
- a heterogeneous SiC matrix fuel is a nuclear fuel in which the SiC and optionally the carbon are in the form of layers (the matrix) distinct from the fissile material.
- the treatment by the method of the invention is a removal treatment of said matrix i.e. a removal treatment of said layers.
- Carbon removal is done by burning with oxygen. This chemical reaction occurs at 400 ° C., as shown by thermogravimetric analyzes carried out by the inventors of the present invention. For this elimination, pure oxygen is advantageously used.
- the removal of the SiC is in one step by chemical reaction with the mixture of chlorine and oxygen. Indeed, the inventors of the present invention have surprisingly noted that at a temperature above 700 0 C, preferably greater than 800 0 C and more preferably greater than 900 0 C, a mixture of chlorine and oxygen allows to attack the SiC and transform it entirely into SiCl 4 and CO x without solid carbonaceous residues, nor silica.
- a mixture rich in chlorine in order to avoid the formation of silica.
- it may be, for example, a mixture comprising from 1 to 30%, advantageously from 5 to 25%, particularly from 10 to 25%, and more particularly from 15 to 20% by volume of oxygen and 70 to 99%, preferably 75 to 95%, particularly 75 to 90%, and more particularly 80 to 85% by volume of chlorine.
- the treatment temperature should not exceed 1000 0 C, advantageously it should not exceed 950 0 C and, even more advantageously, it should be less than and in particular strictly less than 950 ° C., in order to avoid the possible formation of volatile actinide chlorides. It is clear to those skilled in the art that, within the particular range of temperature provided namely the range of 400 0 C to 900 0 C, the terminals of this range are included in the present invention as all values temperature in this range.
- the temperature of the process of the invention may be 400 ° C., 450 ° C., 500 ° C., 550 ° C., 600 ° C., 650 ° C., 700 ° C., 750 ° C., 800 ° C., 850 ° C. 0 C or 900 ° C.
- the relative amount of chlorine and oxygen in the gas mixture can be modified depending on the SiC and carbon content of the fuel to be treated. This makes it possible to optimize the treatment and to adapt it to different types of fuels to be treated and during the treatment itself.
- the mixture of chlorine and oxygen can be modified to follow this variation.
- the fuel comprises SiC and carbon
- one of the following two cases occurs (a) there is more SiC than carbon to eliminate, or ( b) there is more carbon than SiC to eliminate; then, at the moment M, the mixture of chlorine and oxygen can be modified so that there is for the case (a) more chlorine than oxygen or for case (b) more oxygen than chlorine, even pure oxygen if only carbon remains to be removed.
- the treatment used and, in particular, the amounts of oxygen and chlorine used and the temperature of the reaction will depend on the nature of the fuels to be treated and, more particularly, on the composition of the sheath (gangue or coating) of said fuels.
- the initial proportion of oxygen may be in the high values of the ranges proposed above, or even at higher values and the reaction temperature may be chosen in the lower values of the ranges proposed above.
- the removal of SiC, and if any carbon generates a gas emission. It is advantageous to analyze the chemical composition of said emission and then modify the composition of the mixture of chlorine and oxygen according to this analysis.
- This analysis can be carried out for example by assaying the SiCl 4 and CO x contents emitted during the treatment. This analysis can be performed for example by means of infrared spectrometry or mass spectrometry.
- the presence of SiCl 4 in the gases informs the elimination of SiC, which imposes the maintenance of a relative amount of high chlorine in the mixture.
- a higher CO x content than the content of SiCl 4 (in mol) indicates excess carbon, which commands an advantageous increase in the relative amount of oxygen in the mixture.
- the analysis and modification of the mixture can be automated by means of mass flow controllers controlling the flow of chlorine and oxygen, controlled by the contents of SiCl 4 and CO x in the flue gases.
- the contact between the mixture of chlorine and oxygen and the SiC and optionally the carbon is, of course, preferably used in such a way as to promote the chemical reactions between this mixture and the SiC, and the carbon if is present, the fuel to be treated.
- This contacting can be carried out, for example, in a reactor comprising heating means and means for introducing the mixture of chlorine and oxygen.
- this reactor also comprises means for stirring the combustible material to be treated in order to facilitate and optimize its contact with the mixture of chlorine and of oxygen, and therefore its treatment.
- this reactor also comprises recovery means, and possibly analysis, gases from the removal of SiC and carbon if there are any.
- the method of the invention allows in particular chemical stripping of nuclear fuel particles of BISO or TRISO type or SiC matrix. This is a chemical attack in the gas phase to volatilize, for example between 400 and 900 0 C, the carbon layers (pyrolytic and intermediate sheath ("buffer")) and SiC coating the heart of fissile material.
- the process of the present invention is clean because only gaseous fumes without nuclear-contaminated fines are to be managed ("chemical stripping").
- the process of the present invention involves only simple chemical reactions and none of the reagents are sensitive to radiation. It can therefore be applied to fuels with a low cooling time.
- FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional graph made from a thermodynamic approach to the action of a mixture of chlorine and oxygen on SiC.
- FIGS. 2a and 2b show two graphs showing the effect of the temperature ("T” expressed in 0 C) on the rate of volatilization of SiC, expressed as mass loss ("E” expressed in% by weight), under the action of a mixture of chlorine and oxygen.
- FIG. 3 represents a comparison graph of the effects on SiC, expressed as mass loss ("E” expressed in% by weight) as a function of time (“t” in hours), chlorine and oxygen.
- FIG. 4 represents a graph showing the effect, in loss of mass ("E” expressed in% by weight) as a function of the temperature ("T” expressed in 0 C) on the rate of volatilization of SiC under the action of a mixture of chlorine and oxygen.
- FIG. 1 describes the composition zone of the gaseous mixture for which there is theoretically no solid residue (darkest zone).
- the volatilization of SiC was verified on powder, on particles and on bulk samples.
- the BISO particles treated in this example are TRISO particles without the outer layer of carbon.
- the core material consists of ZrO2 simulating UO2.
- the sheath comprises from the core outward: a porous carbon layer, a dense pyrolytic carbon layer and a SiC layer.
- FIG. 4 shows the weight loss measurements (in% by weight) based on the amount of Si + C in the BISO fuel sample treated.
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| EP07821732A EP2074631B1 (fr) | 2006-10-24 | 2007-10-23 | Procede de traitement de combustibles nucleaires comprenant du carbure de silicium et degainage de particules de combustible nucleaire |
| KR20097009925A KR101484982B1 (ko) | 2006-10-24 | 2007-10-23 | 실리콘 카바이드를 포함하는 핵연료의 처리 방법 및 핵연료 입자의 탈피복 방법 |
| AT07821732T ATE556413T1 (de) | 2006-10-24 | 2007-10-23 | Verfahren zum verarbeiten von siliziumkarbid enthaltenden kernbrennstoffen und zum entmanteln von kernbrennstoffpartikeln |
| JP2009533818A JP5222852B2 (ja) | 2006-10-24 | 2007-10-23 | シリコンカーバイドを含む核燃料の処理方法および核燃料粒子の脱被覆方法 |
| CN2007800398515A CN101529527B (zh) | 2006-10-24 | 2007-10-23 | 处理包含碳化硅的核燃料和使核燃料颗粒脱壳的方法 |
| US12/446,516 US20100314592A1 (en) | 2006-10-24 | 2007-10-23 | Method for processing nuclear fuels containing silicon carbide and for decladding nuclear fuel particles |
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| DE1771401A1 (de) * | 1968-05-18 | 1971-12-09 | Kali Chemie Ag | Verfahren zur Entfernung der Beschichtungen aus Siliciumcarbid oder aus Siliciumcarbid und Pyrokohlenstoff von uran- und thoriumhaltigen Kernbrennstoffen |
| DE2152069A1 (de) * | 1970-10-20 | 1972-04-27 | Atomic Energy Authority Uk | Verfahren zur Wiedergewinmung von Kernbrannstoff |
| DE2428393A1 (de) * | 1973-06-13 | 1975-01-09 | Japan Atomic Energy Res Inst | Verfahren zur entfernung der ueberzuege von teilchen aus ueberzogenem brennstoff oder von aus ueberzogenen teilchen bestehendem brennstoff zwecks wiedergewinnung von kernbrennstoffmaterial |
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| KR20090071639A (ko) | 2009-07-01 |
| CN101529527A (zh) | 2009-09-09 |
| US20100314592A1 (en) | 2010-12-16 |
| EP2074631B1 (fr) | 2012-05-02 |
| ATE556413T1 (de) | 2012-05-15 |
| RU2009119482A (ru) | 2010-12-10 |
| KR101484982B1 (ko) | 2015-01-21 |
| CN101529527B (zh) | 2012-07-04 |
| JP5222852B2 (ja) | 2013-06-26 |
| FR2907588B1 (fr) | 2009-01-23 |
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