[2E01-05] Fuel Fabrication

[2E05] Development of Flowability Improvement Technology for MOX Powder by Wet Granulation

Performance Evaluation of Granulator

*Katsunori Ishii¹, Tomoomi Segawa¹, Koichi Kawaguchi¹, Masahiro Suzuki¹ (1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Keywords:Fast reactor , Fuel production, Simplified pellet fabrication , MOX, Raw powder, Granulation, powder flowability

To develop flowability improvement technology for the simplified MOX pellet fabrication process, a simple granulator with little powder adhesion, was experimentally produced. To know the performance of the granulator, granulation experiments was conducted by using dummy powder.