Published September 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermal stability study of U3Si2-Al fuel plates for research reactor

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang (China)
  • 2. China Inst. of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China)

Description

U3Si2-Al fuel plates are recommendatory new fuels, which is the first time to use in China. Its properties, especially thermal stability of fuels, have to be tested by experiments. Thickness, volume, and metallographic phase measurements of U3Si2-Al fuel plates with uranium density 3.02 g/cm3 have been carried out at different temperatures during rated operation cycle. These test data will give important parameters for structure design, safe analysis and manufacture techniques of fuels, and supply references on the running of the fuel in reactor. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 228-232
ISSN
0258-0918

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Notes
3 figs., 2 tabs., 5 refs.