Improved performance of U-Mo dispersion fuel by Si addition in Al matrix.

Kim, Y S  Hofman, G L¹ 

[1] Nuclear Engineering Division

关键词: ALUMINIUM ALLOYS;    DISPERSION NUCLEAR FUELS;    FUEL PLATES;    IRRADIATION;    PERFORMANCE;    POROSITY;    SILICON;    URANIUM-MOLYBDENUM FUELS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1018916
RP-ID  :  ANL\RERTR\TM-11-24
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1018916
Others  :  TRN: US1103808

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this report is to collect in one publication and fit together work fragments presented in many conferences in the multi-year time span starting 2002 to the present dealing with the problem of large pore formation in U-Mo/Al dispersion fuel plates first observed in 2002. Hence, this report summarizes the excerpts from papers and reports on how we interpreted the relevant results from out-of-pile and in-pile tests and how this problem was dealt with. This report also provides a refined view to explain in detail and in a quantitative manner the underlying mechanism of the role of silicon in improving the irradiation performance of U-Mo/Al.