Development of Engineering-scale Ingot Casting Equipment for Dendritic Uranium Deposit

摘要

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has developed engineering-scale ingot casting equipment with a capacity of 50 kg-U/batch. This ingot casting equipment has a vibrating continuous feeder and 8 mold crucibles on a turn-table, which improves in operability such as continuous tilting. In addition, an induction heating system with a non-water cooling coil was developed to prevent a reaction with uranium by a leak of water in the hot-cell. The performance of the non-water cooling coil was tested with a cupper. When the cupper was melted at 1050°C in the furnace, the melting chamber was successfully maintained below 250°C.