Published January 11, 2001 | Version v1
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Thermophysical Properties of MOX and UO2 Fuels Including the Effects of Irradiation

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Description

Available open literature on thermophysical properties of both MOX and UO2 fuels has been reviewed, and the best set of thermal properties has been selected. The properties reviewed are solidus and liquidus temperatures of the uranium-plutonium dioxide system (melting temperature), thermal expansion, density, heat of fusion, enthalpy, specific heat, and thermal conductivity. Only fuel properties are studied in this report. The selected properties are used in thermal-hydraulic codes to study design basis accidents. The majority of the properties presented are for solid fuel

Availability note (English)

Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/777671-sf7RJH/native/

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/777671-sf7RJH/native/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
48 p.
Report number
ORNL/TM--2000/351

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
32024448
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DENSITY; ENTHALPY; FUSION HEAT; MELTING; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; URANIUM DIOXIDE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; ENTHALPY; EXPANSION; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REACTOR MATERIALS; SOLID FUELS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION HEAT; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
AC05-96OR22464
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)