Published 1991
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Development of thorium based fuels for water-cooled reactors
Description
India has limited uranium but vast thorium resources. The long term nuclear power programme would therefore depend on effective introduction of 232Th-233U fuel cycle in PHWR which is the backbone of India's nuclear power programme. An R and D project covering fabrication of ThO2-UO2 and ThO2PuO2 fuels by powder-pellet and Sol-Gel Microsphere Pelletisation (SGMP) routes, thermophysical property evaluation of these materials and irradiation testing in the pressurised water loop of CIRUS is underway for the last 5 years. The present paper summarises the progress of this project at Radiometallurgy Division, BARC. (author). 6 refs., 8 figs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Indian Nuclear Society.
- Imprint Place
- Bombay (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the Indo-Japan seminar on thorium utilization (held at Bombay during December 10-13, 1990)
- Imprint Pagination
- 300 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 77-85.
- Report number
- INIS-mf--13516
Conference
- Title
- Indo-Japan seminar on thorium utilization.
- Dates
- 10-13 Dec 1990.
- Place
- Bombay (India).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 24038919
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY; FLOWSHEETS; FUEL PELLETS; HARDNESS; MICROSPHERES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PELLETIZING; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THORIUM; THORIUM CYCLE; THORIUM OXIDES; THORIUM 232; URANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM 233
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGRAMS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FABRICATION; FUEL CYCLE; FUELS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; MOLDING; NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; THORIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM OXIDES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES