Development and verification of CFD model of carbothermal synthesis furnace for production of mixed nitride uranium-plutonium fuel
The retort batch furnace for the carbothermal synthesis of uranium and plutonium nitrides is a component of the mixed nitride uranium-plutonium (MNUP) fuel Fabrication/Refabrication Module (FRM), a part of the Pilot Demonstration Energy Complex (PDEC).A CFD model of the furnace was built in the SolidWorks Flow Simulation code to check the feasibili