Published May 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Total gelation process for the preparation of UO2 fuel kernels and its progress

  • 1. Qinghua Univ., Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology

Description

To prepare UO2 kernels of the fuel elements used for the HTGR-10 (10 MW high temperature gas-cooled reactor), a new kind of sol-gel process-so-called total-gelation process (TGU) has been developed .This paper summarizes the mechanism and advantages of the TGU process. Optimized procedure and the control of some key steps are reported. The comparison between TGU process and traditional sol-gel processes is given. The excellent performance of the kernel product and the progress situation of the TGU process are reported

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Journal Title
Journal of Tsinghua University. Science and Technology
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 61-65.
ISSN
1000-0054
CODEN
QDXKE8