Published 1997 | Version v1
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Developments on research reactor dispersed fuels in the world -perspectives and tendencies

Creators

  • 1. Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)

Description

This paper presents the world development status related to dispersed fuel elements for research reactors, providing a review on nuclear fuels for thermal research. The review covers a historical background of some recent technological advances, fabrication procedures and problems, and the new development efforts, with emphasis on RERTR program activities that have had a important role in the dispersed fuel development worldwide scenario. This review is an attempt to present the state-of-art of the dispersion fuels for research and test reactors and to discuss some major problems involved in the higher uranium loading fuel fabrication, taking into account the IEA-R1 upgrading program and the IPEN future fuel development possibilities. (author). 18 refs

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 11. ENFIR: Meeting on reactor physics and thermal hydraulics
Imprint Pagination
838 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 746-750.

Conference

Title
Meeting on reactor physics and thermal hydraulics.
Acronym
11. ENFIR
Dates
18-22 Aug 1997.
Place
Pocos de Caldas, MG (Brazil).

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
28068634
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DISPERSION NUCLEAR FUELS; FISSILE MATERIALS; FUEL DISPERSION REACTORS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENGINEERING; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; FUELS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SOLID FUELS

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Joint nuclear conference with the 4. ENAN: Brazilian meeting on nuclear applications.