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The production, characterization, and neutronic performance of boron nitride coated uranium dioxide fuel
Creators
- 1. Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Nuclear Computing and Design Group, Ankara (Turkey)
- 2. Hacettepe Univ., Nuclear Engineering Dept., Ankara (Turkey)
- 3. Kimya Muhendisligi Bolumu, Orta Dogu Teknik Univ., Ankara (Turkey)
Description
The fuel pellets produced by sol-gel technique were coated with boron nitride (BN). This was achieved through chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using boron trichloride and ammonia. Mixing and chemical reaction take place at a temperature around 875 K. The coated samples were then sintered at 1600 K. Thermal reactor physics lattice-cell code WIMS-D/4 was used in the neutronic analysis of CANDU fuel bundle to observe the neutronic performance of the coated fuel. Three types of fuel were considered; fuel made of natural uranium, slightly enriched uranium (SEU, enrichment: 0.82 % U-235), and SEU with various BN coatings. The burnup calculations showed that feasible coating thickness is between 1 to 2 μm. (author)
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Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 0-919784-53-4
- Imprint Title
- Conference proceedings of the 4. international conference on CANDU fuel. V. 1,2
- Imprint Pagination
- 830 p.
- Journal Page Range
- v. 1 [10 p.]
- Report number
- INIS-CA--0069(v.1,2)
Conference
- Title
- safe, reliable, economical
- Acronym
- CANDU fuel
- Dates
- 1-4 Oct 1995
- Place
- Pembroke, ON (Canada)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 30000494
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BORON NITRIDES; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; FUEL PELLETS; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; TURKEY; W CODES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ASIA; BORON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COATING; COHERENT SCATTERING; COMPUTER CODES; DEPOSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFRACTION; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; MIDDLE EAST; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTORS; SCATTERING; SURFACE COATING; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM
Optional Information
- Notes
- 21 refs., 9 figs.