TY - JOUR

T1 - A high density composite fuel with integrated burnable absorber: U3Si2-UB2

AU - Turner, Joel

AU - Middleburgh, Simon

AU - Abram, Tim

PY - 2020/2/1

Y1 - 2020/2/1

N2 - UB2–U3Si2 composite fuel pellets have been manufactured and characterised. Both main phases were observed to be stable in contact with one-another up to the maximum processing temperature of 1500∘C. The solubility and behaviour of hydrogen in UB2 was predicted and compared to previous work on the gas’ behaviour in U3Si2. H2 was found to be insoluble in UB2 to any great extent, a clear distinction to the behaviour with U3Si2.

AB - UB2–U3Si2 composite fuel pellets have been manufactured and characterised. Both main phases were observed to be stable in contact with one-another up to the maximum processing temperature of 1500∘C. The solubility and behaviour of hydrogen in UB2 was predicted and compared to previous work on the gas’ behaviour in U3Si2. H2 was found to be insoluble in UB2 to any great extent, a clear distinction to the behaviour with U3Si2.

M3 - Article

VL - 529

JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials

JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials

SN - 0022-3115

M1 - 151891

ER -