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Riglet-Martial, Ch.; Dumas, J.C.; Piron, J.P.; Gueneau, Ch.
Proceedings of second DAE-BRNS international symposium on materials chemistry2008
Proceedings of second DAE-BRNS international symposium on materials chemistry2008
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[en] Full text: Among the different advanced fuel materials of concern for Generation IV systems, the mixed carbide of uranium and plutonium fuel is considered as one of the key materials for Gas Fast Reactors (GFR) systems. For purposes of optimising its fabrication process as well as its performances in various operating conditions, the losses of gaseous plutonium specially at elevated temperatures have to be controlled and minimized. The paper is therefore concerned with a parametric analysis of the stability with temperature of mixed carbides of uranium and plutonium. Previous published experimental studies have shown that mixed (U ,Pu) carbides undergo a highly incongruent sublimation at high temperatures: the vapour phase in equilibrium with the solid is mainly composed of gaseous plutonium (PPu/Ptotal > 99 % ) while the contribution of gaseous U and C remains very low. The composition of the system U1-zPuzC1+x' (z =Pu/(U+Pu) and x C/(U+Pu)), the temperature (T) and the expansion volume (V) of the gas are the main parameters in the loss of gaseous Pu. The calculations are carried out using the SAGE (Solgasmix Advanced Gibbs Energy) software, by assuming ideal solid solutions between UC and PuC, as well as between U2C3 and Pu2C3. The validity of the model is previously tested using published equilibrium vapour pressure data. This work gives rise to a large description of the variations of Pu losses from mixed uranium plutonium carbides and leads to some basic recommendations in connection with the use of this advanced fuel materials
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Nigam, S.; Banerjee, A.M.; Bhattacharyya, K.; Varma, S.; Bharadwaj, S.R.; Jain, V.K.; Das, D. (Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)) (eds.); Society for Materials Chemistry, Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India); Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (India); 504 p; ISBN 81-88513-26-1;
; Dec 2008; p. 32; ISMC-08: 2. DAE-BRNS international symposium on materials chemistry; Mumbai (India); 2-6 Dec 2008; 1 fig.

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