Published 2005 | Version v1
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Performance study on compactibility and sinterability in terms of fabrication of UO2-GD2O3 pellets

Creators

  • 1. Yibin Nuclear Fuel Element Plant (China)

Description

This paper presents a study on compactibility and sinterability of UO2 powder produced by IDR (Integrated Dry Route) process in terms of fabrication of UO2-Gd2O3 pellets in YFP(YiBin Nuclear Fuel Element Plant), focusing on these test results. It is observed that compactibility of UO2 powder is very bad, but its sinterability is very good. It is also found that Gd2O3 can degrade compactibility and sinterability of blending powder, Gadox ((U,Gd)3O8) can improve its compactibility and the pellet density can be adjusted to meet the specification requirements by adding pore former and Gadox. (authors)

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The 13th international conference on nuclear engineering abstracts

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Atomic Energy Press
Imprint Place
Beijing (China)
ISBN
7-5022-3400-4
Imprint Title
The 13th international conference on nuclear engineering abstracts
Imprint Pagination
604 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 313

Conference

Title
13. international conference on nuclear engineering
Dates
16-20 May 2005
Place
Beijing (China)

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