Development and Fabrication of 70% PuC&mdash;30% UC Fuel for the Fast Breeder Test Reactor in India

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly; Parameshwar Venkappa Hegde; Gyan Chand Jain; Uddharan Basak; Radhey Shyam Mehrotra; Sukomal Majumdar; Pradip Ranjan Roy

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33753

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Development and Fabrication of 70% PuC—30% UC Fuel for the Fast Breeder Test Reactor in India

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, Parameshwar Venkappa Hegde, Gyan Chand Jain, Uddharan Basak, Radhey Shyam Mehrotra, Sukomal Majumdar, Pradip Ranjan Roy

Nuclear Technology / Volume 72 / Number 1 / January 1986 / Pages 59-69

Technical Paper / Nuclear Fuel / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33753

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Mixed uranium-plutonium monocarbide (MC) with a controlled amount of mixed sesquicarbide (M₂C₃) will be used as driver fuel for the first time in the world in the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR) at Kalpakkam, India. The mixed-carbide fuel for the FBTR has been developed on the basis of indigenous resources of plutonium and natural uranium and has a plutonium-rich composition [Pu/(U + Pu) = 0.7], The mixed-carbide fuel development and fabrication experience in Trombay is described, highlighting the essential features of the carbide fuel pellet fabrication plant, the carbothermic synthesis of MC from the oxides (UO₂ + PuO₂), and the sintering of MC.